Away from her

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Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" -- the basis for Sarah Polley's film Away From Her -- her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor whose wife Fiona begins gradually to lose her memory and drift away from him, we slowly see how a lifetime of intimate details can create a marriage, and how mysterious the bonds of love really are.From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Away From Her is a stunning collection of nine short stories that deal with the substance of adult life. An aging couple's relationship is tested as the woman develops Alzheimer's disease and forgets her long years of marriage in the title story "Away from Her." The fate of a strong-minded house-keeper, just entering the dangerous country of old-maid hood, is unintentionally reversed by a practical joke. A college student visiting her aunt and recognizing the family furniture stumbles on a long-hidden secret and its meaning in her own life. A woman recollecting an afternoon's wild lovemaking with a stranger realizes how the memory has changed and sustained her through a lifetime. Personal histories, both complex and simple, unfold in rich detail in this astonishing collection of stories.

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Other Editions

• Away from her: storiesPenguin Canada2007-01-01
• Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriageChatto & Windus2001-01-01
• Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriageA.A. Knopf2001-01-01
• Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriageVintage2002-01-01
• Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriageThorndike Press2002-01-01
• Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories (Audio Editions)AudioGO2002-08-26