“Dear Life” by Alice Munro

You can read Alice Munro’s short story “Dear Life” here.

Alice Munro was born in Ontario, Canada on July 10th, 1931. Growing up on a small fox and mink farmed owned by her parents, Munro put herself through Ottawa Normal School and the University of Western Ontario to become a teacher. She also worked as a library clerk, bookstore owner, and independent author. Munro is known for her short stories that reflect life in all its mundane beauty and has published collections such as; Lives of Girls and Women (1971), The Moons of Jupiter (1982), Runaway (2004), and Dear Life (2012). Her works garnered great popularity and she won the Nobel Prize for Literature award in 2013.