""A selection of short stories by the Nobel Prize-winning author, Alice Munro""-- Provided by publisher.

The Love of a good woman -- Jakarta -- The children stay -- My mother's dream -- Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage -- Family furnishings -- Post and beam -- The bear came over the mountain -- The view from Castle Rock -- Working for a living -- Hired girl -- Home -- Runaway -- Soon -- Passion -- Dimensions -- Wood -- Child's play -- Too much happiness -- To reach Japan -- Amundsen -- The train -- The eye -- Dear life.