Friend of My Youth

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To the memory <strong>of</strong> my mother
Contents Cover Other Books by This Author Title Page Copyright Dedication FRIEND OF MY YOUTH FIVE POINTS MENESETEUNG HOLD ME FAST, DON’T LET ME PASS ORANGES AND APPLES PICTURES OF THE ICE GOODNESS AND MERCY OH, WHAT AVAILS DIFFERENTLY WIGTIME About the Author
Page 2 and 3: Alice Munro’s Friend of My Youth
Page 5: FIRST VINTAGE INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Page 9 and 10: her home—she had grown up about t
Page 11 and 12: graceful. She could look like a que
Page 13 and 14: Presbyterians but almost everybody
Page 15 and 16: learn to control yourself.” She e
Page 17 and 18: disapproval, then with less sympath
Page 19 and 20: takes a rival ruthlessness, the com
Page 21 and 22: not little anymore), My dear old fr
Page 23 and 24: Five Points While they drink vodka
Page 25 and 26: ulldozers have been busy all day, a
Page 27 and 28: oor and they squirted ketchup at hi
Page 29 and 30: together, and dangers—not just of
Page 31 and 32: money was gone. That was how they f
Page 33 and 34: “His isn’t shortened.” “I n
Page 35 and 36: time they were arguing and ghting B
Page 37 and 38: Meneseteung Columbine, bloodroot, A
Page 39 and 40: II White roses cold as snow Bloom w
Page 41 and 42: III Here where the river meets the
Page 43 and 44: some months of the year, to walk ho
Page 45 and 46: When she wakes up, the night seems
Page 47 and 48: They turn down Pearl Street, instea
Page 49 and 50: The house is getting hot. She drink
Page 51 and 52: So the Vidette runs on, copious and
Page 53 and 54: question why am I here One could as
Page 55 and 56: dingy shirt and tie. But he didn’
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have all that down pat. She hadn’
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around the town, looking at the exp
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much, now that she’d got a little
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woman sat in a high-backed chair, a
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together. “Excuse my not rising,
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here. A man would have to think twi
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holding on to him, holding on no ma
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customer—but that was years later
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“Maybe he needs counselling,” s
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go for a walk down to the pond, in
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easy to imagine a clammy dew of ala
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“But do you believe all that stuf
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They should have laughed then. But
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Things were going badly at the farm
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him. Promising—no, she was alread
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“Is our summer over” he said to
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so much time driving around the cou
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Pictures of the Ice Three weeks bef
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palm trees down the middle, it has
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He didn’t bash the steps out in a
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“Oh,” says Karin. “Karin. Now
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on the living-room sofa, wrapped in
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isker than the last time Karin hear
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Goodness and Mercy Bugs said so lon
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of things I am not proud of, but I
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two or three others. Actually, four
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She had to sleep propped up. “May
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sappy sentiments though she sang th
Page 113 and 114:
certain challenging, ironic edge to
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on board, the better. And it was ho
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home town held a festival. Averill
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have borrowed some (Joan, once she
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louder. A frenzy of barking—angry
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determined expression. He was very
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“Serve her right,” Mrs. Carbunc
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apartment buildings. The people who
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Joan remembers saying to the friend
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and stupid and self-satised. She fe
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arms, he looks gloomy and troubled.
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managing a bookstore that specializ
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Morris.” Ruth Ann says, “He nev
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from her ears. Her hair was sti and
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Differently Georgia once took a cre
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Her sons must have pictures of him
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adventure Of course, Maya didn’t
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have to talk after.” And Georgia
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facts about him, then announce that
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in a row, then came in and asked he
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“Squeamish,” he said, in that s
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for you, Georgia—I was wanting to
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hardly any wish—to avoid unkindne
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Wigtime When her mother was dying i
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gown tight at the throat, as if tha
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all the time. He had the lid of a m
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masks! Say your prayers! We’re ta
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Margot got up and shut the sliding
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kindness and extended it to everyth
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“Do you want to know” said Marg
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wanted to yell at him. Was he slouc
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trash bin—not without thinking wh
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“Just checking to see Debbie’s
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ALSO BY ALICE MUNRO THE BEGGAR MAID
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Too Much Happiness Vintage Munro VI
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