Progress of Love, the

Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. 1ST. HARDBOUND. VERY GOOD in VERY GOOD jacket. 1ST. pp. 309. Title The Progress of Love Author Munro, Alice Format/Binding SOFTCOVER Book Condition New New Quantity-available 1 Binding SOFTCOVER ISBN 10 0394552725 ISBN 13 9780394552729 Publisher Alfred A. Knopf Place of Publication New York Date Published 1986-08-12. Alice Munro, who received the National Book Critics Circle Award for her latest collection of stories, The Love of a Good Woman, is widely acknowledged as a modern master of the short story. In this earlier collection, she demonstrates all of those strengths that have won her so many literary accolades. A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents' confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes the fragility of the trust between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his younger brother. In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.