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Alice munros peerless ability to give us the essence of a life in often brief but always spacious and timeless stories is once again everywhere apparent. In many ways ive been writing personal stories all my life, munro has said and. Dear life by alice munro overdrive rakuten overdrive. Alice munro, at the age of two or three, in her home town of wingham, ontario. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dear life.