Open secrets
Title:
Open secrets
Author:
Munro, Alice, 1931-
ISBN:
9780099459712
Publication Information:
London : Vintage Books, 1995
Physical Description:
319 p. ; 20 cm
Abstract:
Eight stories whose protagonists are women. The story, Carried Away, is on a librarian's romance with a World War I soldier who on his return marries another. The soldier is killed in a factory accident and the librarian marries the factory owner. Another story, An Albanian Virgin, is on a bag lady kidnaped by tribesmen in her youth. By the author of Friend of My Youth.
Subject:
| Women -- Canada -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Short stories |
Summary:
Eight stories whose protagonists are women. The story, Carried Away, is on a librarian's romance with a World War I soldier who on his return marries another. The soldier is killed in a factory accident and the librarian marries the factory owner. Another story, An Albanian Virgin, is on a bag lady kidnaped by tribesmen in her youth. By the author of Friend of My Youth.