A review by cpenny124
Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

This collection was wonderful (most of the time). I loved some stories more than others.  Some of them dragged on, and others left me thinking for days after reading them.  My favorites would probably be "Pictures of the Ice" (a story about different degrees of Christianity, alcoholism, and hypocrisy, with one of the most tragic, beautiful endings ever), "Hold Me Fast, Don't Let Me Pass" which unwinds identity, loss, and empathy, and "Differently" which explores regret, betrayal through multiple relationships both platonic and romantic, and female friendship.