We look forward to seeing you on your next visit to the library. Find a location near you.

Alice Munro: writing her lives : a biography

Book Cover
Average Rating
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Pub. Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Language:
English
Description
This is the book about one of the world’s great authors, Alice Munro, which shows how her life and her stories intertwine.
For almost thirty years Robert Thacker has been researching this book, steeping himself in Alice Munro’s life and work, working with her co-operation to make it complete. The result is a feast of information for Alice Munro’s admirers everywhere.
By following “the parallel tracks” of Alice Munro’s life and Alice Munro’s texts, he gives a thorough and revealing account of both her life and work. “There is always a starting point in reality,” she once said of her stories, and this book reveals just how often her stories spring from her life.
The book is chronological, starting with her pioneer ancestors, but with special attention paid to her parents and to her early days growing up poor in Wingham. Then all of her life stages—the marriage to Jim Munro, the move to Vancouver, then to Victoria to start the bookstore, the three daughters, the divorce, the return to Huron County, and the new life with Gerry Fremlin—leading to the triumphs as, story by story, book by book, she gains fame around the world, until rumours of a Nobel Prize circulate . . .
Also in This Series
More Like This
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
More Details
ISBN:
9780771085109
9780771084683
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID86da47de-fcbb-380a-5c5e-e5ebc48493c1
Grouping Titlealice munro writing her lives
Grouping Authorrobert thacker
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2024-03-29 02:17:20AM
Last Indexed2024-03-29 02:30:00AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Thacker, Robert
author_display
Thacker, Robert
available_at_catalog
Central
detailed_location_catalog
Central
display_description
This is the book about one of the world’s great authors, Alice Munro, which shows how her life and her stories intertwine.
For almost thirty years Robert Thacker has been researching this book, steeping himself in Alice Munro’s life and work, working with her co-operation to make it complete. The result is a feast of information for Alice Munro’s admirers everywhere.
By following “the parallel tracks” of Alice Munro’s life and Alice Munro’s texts, he gives a thorough and revealing account of both her life and work. “There is always a starting point in reality,” she once said of her stories, and this book reveals just how often her stories spring from her life.
The book is chronological, starting with her pioneer ancestors, but with special attention paid to her parents and to her early days growing up poor in Wingham. Then all of her life stages—the marriage to Jim Munro, the move to Vancouver, then to Victoria to start the bookstore, the three daughters, the divorce, the return to Huron County, and the new life with Gerry Fremlin—leading to the triumphs as, story by story, book by book, she gains fame around the world, until rumours of a Nobel Prize circulate . . .
format_catalog
Book
eBook
format_category_catalog
Books
eBook
id
86da47de-fcbb-380a-5c5e-e5ebc48493c1
isbn
9780771084683
9780771085109
itype_catalog
Adult Book Non-Fiction
last_indexed
2024-03-29T09:30:00.771Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
BIOGRAPHY Munro, A. 2005
owning_library_catalog
Sacramento Public Library
owning_location_catalog
Central
primary_isbn
9780771085109
publishDate
2011
publisher
Emblem
McClelland & Stewart
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Munro, Alice, -- 1931-
Munro, Alice, -- 1931- -- Criticism and interpretation
title_display
Alice Munro : writing her lives : a biography
title_full
Alice Munro : writing her lives : a biography / Robert Thacker
Alice Munro Writing Her Lives: A Biography
title_short
Alice Munro
title_sub
writing her lives : a biography
topic_facet
Biography & Autobiography
Criticism and interpretation
Munro, Alice
Nonfiction

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
overdrive:206cf836-2ab6-4c5e-a642-0f4abac8ca3f-2Online OverDrive CollectionOnline OverDriveeBookeBook1falsetrueOverDriveAvailable Online
ils:.b20587752.i64200115CentralBIOGRAPHY Munro, A. 20051falsefalseOn Shelfcenag

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
overdrive:206cf836-2ab6-4c5e-a642-0f4abac8ca3feBookeBookEnglishMcClelland & Stewart2011
ils:.b20587752BookBooksUpdated edEnglishEmblem2011, c2005649 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.

scoping_details_catalog

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesLocal Url
overdrive:206cf836-2ab6-4c5e-a642-0f4abac8ca3f-2Available OnlineAvailable Onlinefalsetruetruefalsefalsefalse
ils:.b20587752.i64200115On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruetruefalsetrue0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 12011