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The View from Castle Rock
The View from Castle Rock | Alice Munro
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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2013 Alice Munro mines her rich family background, melding it with her own experiences and the transforming power of her brilliant imagination, to create perhaps her most powerful and personal collection yet. A young boy, taken to Edinburghs Castle Rock to look across the sea to America, catches a glimpse of his fathers dream. Scottish immigrants experience love and loss on a journey that leads them to rural Ontario. Wives, mothers, fathers, and children move through uncertainty, ambivalence, and contemplation in these stories of hopes, adversity, and wonder. The View from Castle Rock reveals what is most essential in Munros art: her compassionate understanding of ordinary lives. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Tanisha_A
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Thanks for the tag @Come-read-with-me and @Centique 😃

Most of my books are in another city, but here's a snapshot of 7 books from a tiny shelf here.

I tag anybody who wants to join in this fun photo challenge! 🙂

Cathythoughts Lovely pic ✨✨✨✨✨ 4y
Tanisha_A @Cathythoughts Hi Cathy! Thankee! Hope all is well there. 💜 Have you done this? If not, would you like to share? You have to post a photo of the 7 books from the left of a bookshelf. 4y
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Ncostell
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I went through a big Alice Munro phase many years ago but had never read this. In The View from Castle Rock, Munro tells the stories of her family over several generations. She begins with tales of her Scottish ancestors and their voyage to a new life in North America and continues with the lives of her pioneering relatives and on to her immediate family‘s experiences. Her writing is so beautiful, I want to go back and revisit her other works.

Tanisha_A I read this long back. Don't remember much. But yes, I do want to visit more of Munro's work as well! 6y
Ncostell @Tanisha_A Yes, it‘s nice sometimes to return to some old favorites! 6y
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ValPenny
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A beautiful blend of fact and fiction woven through this delightful book of short stories by Nobel Literature Prize winner, Canadian author Alice Munro. Great book group read.

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My red, white & blue stack ❤👻💙

brilliantglow Yay for thriftbooks😃 6y
Lillysbookworld There are at least 3 in there that I want to read!! Love your book stack :) 6y
tapgurl Just finished Game of Thrones first book. I loved it!! 6y
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JenniferEgnor There‘s some book spine poetry going on here! 6y
Crazeedi Love this stack!!!!!💜 6y
rather_be_reading @brilliantglow omg i love them! 6y
rather_be_reading @tapgurl i have yet to start that series 6y
rather_be_reading @JenniferEgnor haha i didnt even notice that! 6y
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wallacereads
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My #bookhaul from my quick visit to #bmvbooks yesterday. I can only imagine how much bigger this would have been had I not been in a rush.

mrozzz Unbroken 😍 7y
wallacereads @mrozzz - I have heard good things! 7y
mrozzz Excellent story, excellent movie (for after you finish the book!) 7y
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shawnmooney
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This family-history-memoir-in-short-stories didn't hit me right at all. Very very dry, and churchy, with none of the psychological hijinks I love in a vintage Munro story. Plus I didn't like the audio narrator's schoolmarmish voice. Perhaps I will give it another go in text form down the road. But to be honest I'll probably read absolutely everything else by her first.

saresmoore Churchy? That's a pretty damning adjective in my book. 7y
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kristenlcoates
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Our book club did a holiday book swap at a wine bar in DC tonight; scored this beauty and I'm feeling pretty festive about it. 🎄📚🍷

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Heideschrampf
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First theatre production of my festival season: Alice Munro, a word for word adaptation of her recreation of her ancestors' passage from Scotland to Nova Scotia. Performed in an old, gloomy church in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle #edbookfest

LeahBergen Cool!! 8y
Sydsavvy Love (but I can't see it?) 8y
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KateTheBookworm
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For Liberty's Fun Friday Photo I'm sharing my favorite Canadian author, Alice Munro. Munro is a master of short stories. I love her gorgeous depictions of small town life. Happy Canada Day! 🇨🇦 @Liberty

shawnmooney 👨‍❤️‍👨 8y
TheWellReadOwl She just rocks. ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦 8y
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shawnmooney
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Another find at the $5 book sale in Tokyo!
Alice Munro is the goddess!

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