Alice Munro

'Read not more than one of her stories a day, and allow them to work their spell slowly: they are made to last' GuardianWhen her father marries his second wife, Chrissy gets a new step sister. Three years older than her, Queenie is beautiful and kind, someone everybody wants to be friends with. Chrissy worships her. But when Queenie runs away at eighteen, their lives quietly diverge.Joyce Carol Oates has described Alice Munro's work as 'tales of domestic tragicomedy that seemed to open up, as if by magic, into wider, deeper, vaster dimensions.' Queenie is Munro at her subtle, heart-breaking best.'One of the great short story writers not just of our time but of any time' New York Times Book Review

Queenie

This was a really interesting story - I felt like I got really accurate and specific impressions of the characters and the narration of how the story was told was enjoyable to read. Perhaps I am simply not used to short stories, or I do not enjoy short stories as much, but I felt like I would have got more out of the experience of reading this if it wasn’t a short story. I felt like I wasn’t really given enough space to start caring about the characters and develop those initial thoughts and feelings. Nonetheless, it was a good read, and depicts some of the uglier sides of love, or what we think is love.

Queenie

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