Set aside a stormy evening by the warm fireplace to enjoy this novella, even if you haven’t read the series.
The Proxy Marriage
This short story follows two young people during the years following 9/11 and is set in Montana, where double-proxy marriages are allowed.
An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
As they do in many of Alcott’s stories, bright girls and resourceful women play prominent roles.
The Little Match Girl
Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale is about a little girl who envisions beauty in the light of her last remaining matches as she faces death on New Year’s Eve. Let us take a cue from a master storyteller and remember that endings always make room for rebirth.
Fetching Raymond
“Fetching Raymond” fascinated me. Maybe it was because I hadn’t done any advance research into what the story was about, so I was delightfully drawn in with a slow dawning of understanding.
Fits
Spanning almost thirty years and in settings that range from big cities to small towns and farmsteads of rural Canada, this magnificent collection brings together twenty-eight stories by a writer of unparalleled wit, generosity, and emotional power. Alice Munro enchants her readers even as she restores them to their truest selves.
The Fir Tree
Hans Christian Anderson’s tale is about a fir tree so eager for greater things that he cannot appreciate living in the moment.