Dear Life: Stories (vintage International) Learning slipping off to commune with

slipping off to commune with giraffes—all underscore her insistence on always keeping one foot outside the box

crocodiles were warm-blooded

A mysterious clients request for a strange artifact will change her life and send her straight into the arms of a man sworn to kill her

secret shame

Amazing undersea creatures to press out

Dear Life: Stories (vintage International) Learning slipping off to commune withIn story after story in this brilliant new collection, Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of fate. Her characters are flawed and fully human: a soldier returning from war and avoiding his fiance, a wealthy woman deciding whether to confront a blackmailer, an adulterous mother and her neglected children, a guilt ridden father, a young teacher jilted by her employer.