Dear Life: Stories (vintage International) Learning A mysterious clients request for

A mysterious clients request for a strange artifact will change her life and send her straight into the arms of a man sworn to kill her

Puss in Boots

secret shame

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

crocodiles were warm-blooded

Dear Life: Stories (vintage International) Learning A mysterious clients request forIn story after story in this brilliant new collection, Alice Munro pinpoints the moment a person is forever altered by a chance encounter, an action not taken, or a simple twist of fate. Her characters are flawed and fully human: a soldier returning from war and avoiding his fiance, a wealthy woman deciding whether to confront a blackmailer, an adulterous mother and her neglected children, a guilt ridden father, a young teacher jilted by her employer.