{"id":30104,"date":"2023-06-20T10:32:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=30104"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T17:06:54","slug":"alice-munro-the-view-from-castle-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2023\/06\/20\/alice-munro-the-view-from-castle-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Munro: <em>The View from Castle Rock<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=&#8221;no&#8221; equal_height_columns=&#8221;no&#8221; menu_anchor=&#8221;&#8221; hide_on_mobile=&#8221;small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility&#8221; class=&#8221;&#8221; id=&#8221;&#8221; background_color=&#8221;&#8221; background_image=&#8221;&#8221; background_position=&#8221;center center&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; fade=&#8221;no&#8221; background_parallax=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax_speed=&#8221;0.3&#8243; video_mp4=&#8221;&#8221; 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We\u00a0will soon be posting our thoughts on the first story, and I wanted to get this index post up so that any of you who are interested in joining us can get the book and get started. As in the past, we will post these when we are able.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0is the anchor post, an index with links to our posts on each story in the collection.<\/p>\n<p><em>The View from Castle Rock<\/em>\u00a0contains the following stories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2023\/06\/21\/alice-munro-foreword-to-the-view-from-castle-rock\/\">Foreword<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2023\/07\/27\/alice-munro-no-advantages\/\">No Advantages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2023\/10\/26\/alice-munro-the-view-from-castle-rock-2\/\">The View from Castle Rock<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Illinois<\/li>\n<li>The Wilds of Morris Township<\/li>\n<li>Working for a Living<\/li>\n<li>Fathers<\/li>\n<li>Lying Under the Apple Tree<\/li>\n<li>Hired Girl<\/li>\n<li>The Ticket<\/li>\n<li>Home<\/li>\n<li>What Do You Want to Know For?<\/li>\n<li>Epilogue:\u00a0Messenger<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/fusion_text][\/fusion_builder_column][\/fusion_builder_row][\/fusion_builder_container]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s high time to move on to Alice Munro&#8217;s 2006 collection <em>The View from Castle Rock<\/em>. 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