I think Alice Munro is just brilliant. She has an amazing way of capturing the flawed humanity of her characters so perfectly. Everyone is kind of lost or making questionable decisions, but you never really hate anyone. I think my favorite story in this collection was "Nettles" which gets so many things right - the perfect depiction of childhood games and experiences, the weird intimacy of reuniting with a childhood friend, the restlessness of adulthood. I don't know how to describe it - she just nailed all of it in that story. It really stuck with me. Anyway, this is a great collection.