ESSENTIAL PROSE SERIES 139
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Ackerman, Marianne [Short stories. Selections]
Mankind & other stories of women [electronic resource] / Marianne Ackerman.
(Essential prose ; 139)
Issued in print and electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-77183-072-0 (paperback).--ISBN 978-1-77183-073-7 (epub).
--ISBN 978-1-77183-074-4 (mobi)
I. Title. II. Title: Mankind and other stories of women. III. Title:
Short stories. Selections. IV. Series: Essential prose series ; 139.
PS8551.C33.A6 2016 C813’.54 C2016-902162-9 C2016-902163-7
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To Alice Munro
our mirror
MANKIND
and
OTHER STORIES
OF WOMEN
Marianne Ackerman
TORONTO • BUFFALO • LANCASTER (U.K.) 2016