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A review by oxnard_montalvo
Open Secrets: Stories by Alice Munro
This was my first time reading Alice Munro. At the time, with each story I found myself thinking she's a very perceptive writer. Maybe not the most accessible, but her ability to capture THIS feeling, THAT mood, THOSE fleeting emotions that have no name is something special.
I finished this book and the same day, Munro's daughter spoke up about her sexually abusive stepfather and her family's, her mother's, inaction after learning about it. Not just inaction, not just heads buried in the sand, but animosity. The daughter was a child at the time of the abuse, an adult when it came to light. Munro stayed with the stepfather.
Learning this has certainly coloured my perceptions of these stories somewhat (understatement). How can someone so perceptive and unafraid to delve into darker psyches be so seemingly reluctant to confront the truth in their own life? Easier written then done I guess but 'Open Secrets' take on a whole new meaning in light of this.
I finished this book and the same day, Munro's daughter spoke up about her sexually abusive stepfather and her family's, her mother's, inaction after learning about it. Not just inaction, not just heads buried in the sand, but animosity. The daughter was a child at the time of the abuse, an adult when it came to light. Munro stayed with the stepfather.
Learning this has certainly coloured my perceptions of these stories somewhat (understatement). How can someone so perceptive and unafraid to delve into darker psyches be so seemingly reluctant to confront the truth in their own life? Easier written then done I guess but 'Open Secrets' take on a whole new meaning in light of this.