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Away from Her - Alice Munro, Sarah Polley
Away from Her
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Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” – the basis for Sarah Polley’s film Away From Her — her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor whose wife Fiona begins gradually to lose... show more
Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” – the basis for Sarah Polley’s film Away From Her — her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor whose wife Fiona begins gradually to lose her memory and drift away from him, we slowly see how a lifetime of intimate details can create a marriage, and how mysterious the bonds of love really are.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780307386694 (0307386694)
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 76
Edition language: English
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4.0 Away from her
The realities of a long marriage, the forgiveness required for the many mistakes made, the togetherness and routines that foster closeness, all of these are told with clear and sometimes brutal honesty. Does love stop when one partner gets sick? What will one spouse do for another, when one is in ...
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