This book is a compilation of short stories by Alice Munro. The author describes the book as scenes from where someone's life reaches a tipping point and takes a turn. But the question is, is the turn for better or for worse? The reader finds out as each character's plot unfolds. Although the stories are independent of each other, all of the stories take place in Canada from the 1930's-1970's.
I enjoyed this book, although I would give it a 3 out of 5 stars. Some of the stories caught me off guard in how they unfolded (which made for a great story), but some of the stories just left me feeling like there wasn't enough "meat" to the tale. It was a little frustrating once I realized that all of the stories were completely independent of each other (I wanted them to be intertwined in some fashion), and there wasn't really an overall theme to the book. If you really dig deep though, you'll realize that the book is about people who aren't proactive about life and just seem to let life happen to them. Most of the tales are a bit sad in how they end. So maybe the theme is - don't let life just happen to you.
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