Friend of My Youth


Friend of My Youth is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McClelland and Stewart in 1990. It won the 1990 Trillium Book Award.

Stories

"Friend of My Youth," the title story, largely consists of a reminiscence of the narrator a family, particularly one sister, Flora, that her now-deceased mother boarded with before her marriage.

"Five Points"

"Five Points," the second story, is about a married woman, Brenda, in Ontario having an affair. Her boyfriend, Neil, tells her about a confectionery he frequented his youth in Victoria, British Columbia, and its owners.

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