TY - BOOK AU - Munro,Alice TI - Dear life: stories SN - 9780099578635 AV - 813.54 MUN PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Vintage KW - Short stories, Canadian KW - fast KW - Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.) KW - Fiction KW - Lake Huron KW - Short stories KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - To reach Japan --; Amundsen --; Leaving Maverley --; Gravel --; Haven --; Pride --; Corrie --; Train --; In sight of the lake --; Dolly --; The eye --; Night --; Voices --; Dear life N2 - This collection of stories illuminates moments that shape a life, from a dream or a sexual act to simple twists of fate that turn a person out of his or her accustomed path and into another way of being. Set in the countryside and towns of Lake Huron, these stories about departures and beginnings, accidents, dangers, and homecomings both virtual and real, paint a portrait of how strange, dangerous, and extraordinary the ordinary life can be ER -