''The Progress of Love'' is a book of

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Alice Munro Alice Ann Munro ( ; ; 10 July 1931 – 13 May 2024) was a Canadian short story writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013. Her work tends to move forward and backward in time, with integrated short story cycles. Munro's ...

, published by

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in 1986. It won the 1986 Governor General's Award for English Fiction, her third win of that award.Lisa Rochon, "Yvon Rivard honored for French-language fiction: Munro wins top literary prize". ''

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'', May 28, 1987. The book was originally contracted to

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, the publisher of Munro's previous two books. However, when editor Douglas Gibson left the company to join McClelland and Stewart, Munro returned the advance that Macmillan had already paid her, so that she could continue working with Gibson at the new company rather than rebuilding a new relationship with a different editor. The book ultimately became the first title ever released under M&S's new Douglas Gibson Books imprint.

Stories

* "The Progress of Love" * "Lichen" * "Monsieur les Deux Chapeaux" * "Miles City, Montana" * "Fits" * "The Moon in the Orange Street Skating Rink" * "Jesse and Meribeth" * "Eskimo" * "Queer Streak" * "Circle of Prayer" * "White Dump"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Progress Of Love, The 1986 short story collections Short story collections by Alice Munro McClelland & Stewart books Governor General's Award–winning fiction books