Lives of Girls and Women
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Lives of Girls and Women is a short story cycle
Short story cycle
A short story cycle is a collection of short stories in which the narratives are specifically composed and arranged with the goal of creating an enhanced or different experience when reading the group as a whole as opposed to its individual parts...
by Alice Munro
Alice Munro
Alice Ann Munro is a Canadian short-story writer, the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work, a three-time winner of Canada's Governor General's Award for fiction, and a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize...
, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 1971
1971 in literature
The year 1971 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*The Destiny Waltz by Gerda Charles wins the UK's first Whitbread Novel of the Year Award.-New books:*Hiroshi Aramata - Teito Monogatari...
. All of the stories chronicle the life of a single character, Del Jordan, and the book has been characterized as a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by some critics as a result.
The cycle serves as a coming of age story for Del Jordan growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small town life though unwilling to acknowledge the similarities between herself and her mother who also seeks to expand her mind beyond the limited experiences of Jubilee.
The cycle is often cited as concerning many feminist ideas and it is worth noting in this context that the text deals primarily with female characters, with only a few male figures playing important roles.
A television adaptation of the book, starring Tanya Allen
Tanya Allen
Tanya Allen is a Canadian film and television actress. She has won a Gemini Award for her television work in Canada.-Filmography:* Spenser: Ceremony as April Kyle* Lives of Girls and Women as Del Jordan...
as Del and Wendy Crewson
Wendy Crewson
-Life and career:Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy...
as her mother Addie, aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
in 1994.
Cast
- Tanya AllenTanya AllenTanya Allen is a Canadian film and television actress. She has won a Gemini Award for her television work in Canada.-Filmography:* Spenser: Ceremony as April Kyle* Lives of Girls and Women as Del Jordan...
... Del Jordan - Wendy CrewsonWendy Crewson-Life and career:Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy...
... Ada Jordan - Peter MacNeillPeter MacNeillPeter MacNeill is a Canadian film and television actor who has starred in several TV shows and movies.His film credits have included The Hanging Garden , Geraldine's Fortune, Giant Mine, Lives of Girls and Women, The Events Leading Up to My Death, Dog Park, Something Beneath and A...
... Tom Jordan - Amos Crawley ... Owen Jordan
- Dean McDermottDean McDermottDean McDermott is a Canadian-American actor best known in the United States for having married Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling, with whom he appeared in the observational documentary shows Tori & Dean: Inn Love and Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, and for having acted out the role of Constable...
... Garnet French - Liisa Repo-Martell ... Naomi
- Kate Hennig ... Fern Doherty
- Matthew FergusonMatthew FergusonMatthew Ferguson is an actor born on 3 April 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.-Performances:...
... Jerry Storey - Dan LettDan LettDaniel Frederick Lett is a Canadian actor. He attended White Oaks Secondary School in nearby Oakville, Ontario. He has acted in films, theatre and television. His principal roles have been in the series F/X, The X-Files, E.N.G., Street Legal, and Wind at My Back.He has a brother and a sister...
... Art Chamberlain - Frances HylandFrances HylandFrances Hyland, OC was a well-known Canadian theatre actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in...
... Aunt Grace - Barbara Gordon ... Aunt Elspeth
- Melissa BellMelissa BellMelissa Bell may refer to:*Melissa Bell , British lead singer of Soul II Soul*Melissa Bell , Australian soap opera actress...
... Mary Agnes - Diane Douglas ... Moira
- J.R. Zimmerman ... Uncle Craig
- Kate LynchKate LynchKate Lynch is a Genie Award-winning actress whose career spans four decades. In 1980 she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Meatballs...
... Greta Storey - Cheryl Swarts ... Mrs. Coughlin
- Christopher Redman ... Leonard Coughlin
- Ellie May Richards ... Grandma
- Mary Charlotte Wilcox ... Mrs. Lawyer Coutts
- Louisa MartinLouisa MartinLouisa Martin was a professional tennis player from Ireland. She was the world Number one player several times at the turn of the century; in 1890, 1895, 1896, 1899 and again in 1903. She had a competitive rivalry with Lottie Dod from Great Britain....
... Mrs. Best - Caroline Yeager ... Florence
- Elva Mai Hoover ... Maize French
- Jacqueline Holmes ... Lila French
- Jessica HolmesJessica HolmesJessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian and actress. She is best known for her work with the Royal Canadian Air Farce, which she joined in 2003. She is married to actor Scott Yaphe....
... Phylis French - James Mainprize ... Priest at Funeral
- Zoe Kunschner ... Joyce
- Laurel Paetz ... Ruth McQueen
- Nicky GuadagniNicky GuadagniNicky Guadagni is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television.-Career:Originally from Montreal, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at Dawson College and went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first role after graduation was playing Miranda, with...
... Del's Narration - Patrick Galligan ... Bert