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Subject: Alice Munro
Date Posted: 10/12/2013 2:15 PM ET
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can somebody tell us something about her. what should we read first.

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Date Posted: 10/14/2013 11:18 AM ET
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The only one I have read is this collection of short stories, I REALLY liked it and would highly recommend.

 
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Too Much Happiness (Vintage International)
Author: Alice Munro
ISBN-13: 9780307390349 - ISBN-10: 0307390349
Date Read: 8/1/2013
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Date Posted: 10/14/2013 3:28 PM ET
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Lives of Girls and Women is also wonderful.

She's really a wonderful writer - you can't go too far wrong with any of hers.

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Date Posted: 10/14/2013 4:45 PM ET
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Does she mostly appeal to women?

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Date Posted: 10/14/2013 6:44 PM ET
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No, I don't think so. My brother and other male friends adore her and she's reguarly published in The New Yorker.