Runaway (book)
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- This article is about the 2004 short story collection. For other uses, see Runaway.
Runaway, published by McClelland and Stewart in 2004, is a collection of short stories by Alice Munro. It won the 2004 Giller Prize.
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There are eight short stories in the book. Three of the stories ("Chance", "Soon", and "Silence") are about a single character, named "Juliet Henderson".
- "Runaway" — a woman is trapped in a bad marriage
- "Chance" — Juliet takes a train trip which leads to an affair
- "Soon" — Juliet visits her parents with her child Penelope
- "Silence" — Juliet visits her grown estranged daughter Penelope
- "Passion"
- "Trespasses"
- "Tricks" — Robin, a lonely girl, lives life alone due to bad luck and misinterpretation
- "Powers" — Tessa, a psychic girl, spends 50 years in vaudville
