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Too Much Happiness
Too Much Happiness | Alice Munro
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2013 Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writersthe winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize. With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories about the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives. In the first story a young wife and mother, suffering from the unbearable pain of losing her three children, gains solace from a most surprising source. In another, a young woman, in the aftermath of an unusual and humiliating seduction, reacts in a clever if less-than-admirable fashion. Other tales uncover the deep-holes in a marriage, the unsuspected cruelty of children, and, in the long title story, the yearnings of a nineteenth-century female mathematician. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Lcsmcat
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These are great stories that reach out and grab you, a little dark, a little twisty. They will stay with you and make you think.

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Lcsmcat
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I started this collection this morning and it almost made me late to work because I didn‘t want to put it down. Not a bad beginning. 😀

Cathythoughts Sounds wonderful! Stacked 2y
merelybookish Munro is an all-time fave. She never disappoints. 2y
Lcsmcat @merelybookish Right? My sister studied with her at Bennington back in the day, which was when I discovered her. And I‘ve liked everything I have read. (edited) 2y
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BittersweetBooks
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Always remember that when a man goes out of a room, he leaves everything in it behind...when a woman goes out she carries everything that happened in the room along with her 🍷

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Tex2Flo
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My best friend sent me a pressie today!! I might actually write in that journal instead of just looking up my recipes on Pinterest all the time m

MrBook Nice!!!! 4y
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plemmdog
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Mehso-so

Of all the collections of Munro stories I‘ve read so far, I‘ve found this one the weakest, which is not to say it wasn‘t haunting.

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IuliaC
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This book came out of the cup this week. (Source of the cup photo unknown)

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Amiable
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The fiction aisle at Munro's Books in Victoria, Canada. This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. 😍

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Augustdana
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#riotgrams day six: short stories. I love reading Canadian short stories, I‘ve got more than a few volumes, and of course when talking about short stories you can‘t forget the queen Alice Munro

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AnneCecilie
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It's Alice Munro💜💜💜💜what more do you need to pick this one up?

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shawnmooney
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ramyasbookshelf Great list!! 8y
Dragon Awesome list of great writers. 8y
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proudmum
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The award winning author, Alice Munro writes a collection of short stories about different people and their reactions to the events happening in their lives. This is my first taste of this author and I loved them all yet felt each story could easily be enhanced to a full length story. Munro is very good at writing from all viewpoints, not just females, and she always leaves you wanting more. I would definitely read more of her works.

MrBook You've talked me into it! 😊👍🏻 8y
proudmum Another one to add to the ever growing TBR pile 😂 8y
BookBabe Ditto that! 👍🏻 8y
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Gyldendal
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"Et krater på Månen er blevet opkaldt efter Sofja"

Bausagerbooks Elsker Munro. Så bliver det næsten ikke større ?? 8y
Lisefalck Har I udgivet the Runaway af Munro? Så den omtalt her på Litsy men kender den ikke? Eller ef den ny? 8y
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Kbanski
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Loved this story collection! Usually gripped a couple of pages into each story. Munroe does fabulous things with time shifts and retrospective narration.

shawnmooney Best fiction writer alive today, IMHO 8y
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Kbanski
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🍩☕️📖 I recently heard one of Munro's stories read Lauren Groff on an old episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast and it confirmed my next read. Also, doughnuts 👌🏻

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