{"product_id":"9780375707490-secondhand-lives-of-girls-and-women-a-novel","title":"Lives of Girls and Women: A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eNB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition.  See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only.  A description of our secondhand books is not always available.  Please contact  us if you have a question about this title.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Alice Munro\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 288\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE (R) IN LITERATURE 2013  The only novel from Alice Munro-award-winning author of The Love of a Good Woman--is  an insightful, honest book, \"autobiographical in form but not in fact,\" that chronicles  a young girl's growing up in rural Ontario in the 1940's.   Del Jordan lives out at  the end of the Flats Road on her father's fox farm, where her most frequent companions  are an eccentric bachelor family friend and her rough younger brother.  When she  begins spending more time in town, she is surrounded by women-her mother, an agnostic,  opinionted woman who sells encyclopedias to local farmers; her mother's boarder,  the lusty Fern Dogherty; and her best friend, Naomi, with whom she shares the frustrations  and unbridled glee of adolescence.   Through these unwitting mentors and in her own  encounters with sex, birth, and death, Del explores the dark and bright sides of  womanhood.  All along she remains a wise, witty observer and recorder of truths in  small-town life.  The result is a powerful, moving, and humorous demonstration of  Alice Munro's unparalleled awareness of the lives of girls and women.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43821539950811,"sku":"9780375707490-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/products\/9780375707490-us-300.jpg?v=1671532700","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780375707490-secondhand-lives-of-girls-and-women-a-novel","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}