A review by penelopesodyssey
The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose by Alice Munro

5.0

We read this book in our book club and we all loved it. It is beautifully written as a set of short stories, but all are about the same two characters and arranged like little snapshots over the course of their lives and their relationship. It shows how Rose's early upbringing with Flo partly shaped her and her future. It is very truthful and dispassionate, describing life as it is without judging it. This is the hand you are dealt and then you try to make the best of it. Joy and suffering are shown inextricably hand in hand as part of the richness of life. I found it funny and warm hearted.