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The view from Castle Rock : stories / Alice Munro.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
LP MUNR	Large Print		Bankstown .	. Available .

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ISBN	9781407400204 (pbk.)
Name	Munro, Alice, 1931-
Title	The view from Castle Rock : stories / Alice Munro.
Published	Rearsby [England] : W. F. Howes, 2007
Description	436 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
Contents	PART I: NO ADVANTAGES: No advantages ; The view from Castle Rock ; Illinois ; The wilds of Morris township ; Working for a living
Contents	PART II: HOME: Fathers ; Lying under the apple tree ; Hired girl ; The ticket ; Home ; What do you want to know for?
Summary	"On a clear day, you could see America from Edinburgh's Castle Rock - or so said Alice Munro's great-great-great-grandfather when he had had a drink. Then, in 1818, he left and sailed to the new world with his family. This is the story of those shepherds from the Ettrick Valley and their descendants, among them the author herself. They were a Spartan lot, who kept to themselves ; showing off was frowned upon, and fear was commonplace, at least for females. But opportunities present themselves for two strong-minded women in a ship's close quarters ..." -- Back cover
Subjects	Hogg, James -- Fiction
	Laidlaw family -- Fiction
	Scots -- Canada -- Fiction
	Immigrants -- Genealogy -- Fiction
Genre	Historical fiction
Genre	Short stories
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Historical fiction . Hogg, James -- Fiction . Immigrants -- Genealogy -- Fiction . Laidlaw family -- Fiction . Scots -- Canada -- Fiction . Short stories . See Also: Fiction . Authors: Munro, Alice, 1931- .