Runaway

Table of Contents Title Page Dedication Praise RUNAWAY CHANCE SOON SILENCE PASSION TRESPASSES TRICKS I II POWERS GIVE DANTE A REST GIRL IN A MIDDY A HOLE IN THE HEAD A SQUARE, A CIRCLE, A STAR FLIES ON THE WINDOWSILL About the Author ALSO BY ALICE MUNRO Copyright Page In memory of my friends, Mary Carey Jean Livermore Melda Buchanan —Maclean’s “From a markedly finite number of essential components, Munro rather miraculously spins out countless permutations of desire and despair, attenuated hopes and cloudbursts of epiphany. . . . Every one of these women is different, and that is the wonder of Alice Munro.” —The Village Voice ......