9780864923981 - Lives of Girls and Women by Munro, Alice (1 results)

Audio Book (CD). Condition: new. From AudioFile Aspiring narrators and writers will be awed by the melodious symphony created by Judy Mahbey's interpretation of Munro's words. Mahbey's inflections, tones, and pacing harmonize beautifully with the unique imagery woven into the story of Del Jordan's adolescence. The narrator's pretty voice highlights the protagonist's struggles with religion, scholarship, and sex, and lends itself to characterization of Del's forward-thinking mother and more traditional best friend. Mahbey captures the genuine emotion wrapped up in a young girl's coming-of-age and is equally capable in moments of joy, despair, embarrassment, triumph, and confusion. It is difficult to imagine a better pairing of storyteller and reader. J.J.B. AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright AudioFile, Portland, Maine Product Description One of the most vivid portrayals of female adolescence in modern fiction, Lives of Girls and Women revealed Alice Munro to be a writer of exceptional skill and empathy. First published in 1971, Munros one and only novel traces one girls journey from childhood to womanhood. Narrated by Canadian actor Judy Mahbey, this audio edition, originally broadcast on CBC Radio, conveys the emotional resonance of this classic work by Canadas most celebrated practitioner of the short story. As a girl, Del Jordan lived on her fathers fox farm at the end of Flats Road with her rough younger brother and an eccentric bachelor family friend as companions. But as she grew up and started spending more time with the women in town, she explored the dark and bright sides of womanhood: sex, birth and death. Now an adult, and far away from the little Ontario town of Jubilee, Del Jordan wants to be a writer. Recalling the seemingly insignificant events that marked her awkward transition into the adult world, she relives her childish dreams of fame with acute self-awareness, suffers embarrassment at the hands of her encyclopedia-selling mother, endures the humiliation of her bodys insistent desires and desperately attempts to fall in love. Alice Munros prose combined with Judy Mahbeys narration results in a powerful, moving and humorous demonstration of an unparalleled awareness of the lives of girls and women. From the Back Cover Lives of Girls and Women is one of the most compelling portrayals of female adolescence in modern fiction. Born on the backward Flats Road, Del Jordan is a nice girl with big dreams in a small town that expects little from women beyond marriage and babies. In linked short stories, Del suffers embarrassment at the hands of her encyclopedia-selling mother, endures her bodys insistent desires, and falls passionately in love with a young lumberyard worker, only to lose her chance for a university scholarship. This classic recording, narrated by Judy Mahbey, captures the raw emotional power of Alice Munros first and only novel. About the Author Alice Munro is one of North Americas favourite writers of fiction. Indeed, Jonathan Franzen, writing in The New York Times, calls her the best fiction writer in North America. Shes three-time winner of the Governor Generals Award for Fiction.