Annal:1986 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction
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Results of the Governor General's Literary Award in the year 1986. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
The Progress of Love: Stories
- 1986 Governor General's winner
- Score: 10.36
A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents’ confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes the fragility of the trust between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his younger brother. In these and other stories Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.
