Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage : stories

Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrating, lyrical prose, and in "The Bear Came Over the Mountain" -- the basis for Sarah Polley's film Away From Her -- her prodigious talents are once again on display. As she follows Grant, a retired professor whose wife Fiona begins gradually to lose her memory and drift away from him, we slowly see how a lifetime of intimate details can create a marriage, and how mysterious the bonds of love really are.From the Trade Paperback edition. The title of this short story collection comes from a counting game played by young girls, to determine the outcome of a relationship. However, these nine stories deal with the stuff of adult life - love, sex, success, failure, hope and death. In them, simple or sometimes unbelievable events occur that change entire lives in a moment. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2001 Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage Floating bridge Family furnishings Comfort Nettles Post and beam What is remembered Queenie The bear came over the mountain.