"A remarkable early collection of stories by Alice Munro, the bestselling author of Dear Life, and one of the greatest fiction writers of our time.
Alice Munros stories are miraculous
Sunday Times
No one else can '“ or should be allowed to '“ write like the great Alice Munro
Julian Barnes
She sets down the pains and pleasures of living in a spare, singing prose, not a word wasted
Daily Telegraph
Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell: they are made to last
Observer
She's the most savage writer I've ever read, also the most tender, the most honest, the most perceptive
Jeffrey Eugenides"