Open Secrets

By Alice Munro

Categories: Literature & Fiction

Alice Munro's 1994 collection of eight stories is set largely in and around the fictional Ontario town of Carstairs and moves across more than a century of Canadian life. The stories include a girl's disappearance on a hiking trip, a librarian's correspondence with a soldier during the First World War, and a woman's journey to Albania. Together they explore secrets, chance, memory and the hidden lives of women.

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• Hillary Clinton: “My favorite short stories are by Alice Munro, especially her collections “Carried Away” and “Runaway.””