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Review title: One Writer's Slice-of-Life Collection
Product review: I was barely familiar with Alice Munro when I bought this book, and I read only a handful of her prior short stories, so please read my comments with that in mind. Reading this collection last weekend I kept feeling my mood was never going to be allowed to brighten. (It didn't help that it rained). The writing was skillful and the insights into character were interesting, but I thought the subject matter leaned too far to the depressed side of life with characters whose burdens were much too heavy to share the same book. Men didn't come off very well at all. This is not a short story collection you pick up to be entertained, however, it could provoke lots of discussion and thoughtful conversation. As in life, the endings of Munro's stories ended at points that were often unsettling. I can understand that, but I still didn't like it.
