This beautiful first printing softcover edition is in fine condition, with no marks or tears and only minimal shelf wear. The pages are tight, appear unread, and the book is tight, square, and unmarked. Dear Life is a short story collection by Alice Munro, published in 2012. It is her final collection of new work and a powerful capstone to her celebrated career. The book contains 14 stories, with the final pieces: “The Eye,” “Night,” “Voices,” and “Dear Life” being especially intimate and reflective, considered a kind of memoir in short story form. Her stories contain unexpected shifts in time or revelations that reframe the entire narrative. In Dear Life, Alice Munro continues to explore the inner lives of ordinary people, revealing extraordinary depth and complexity in everyday experiences. This collection is a moving meditation on memory, identity, and the quiet turning points that shape a life.