This story is told in several different points of view, which I enjoyed. I felt the Munro did a wonderful job writing these different points of view and she did another great job at creating realistic characters. The first point of view of of Johannah, who the story revolves around. It starts with Johannah making arrangements to ship furniture and buying a train ticket followed with her buying a new dress for herself. Then the point of view changes to the man she works for. She is a housekeeper and cook for an older man who's wife past away and his daughter has passed away as well. Through his point of view we discover that the furniture Johannah has arranged to be moved is not in fact her furniture to sell, which puts the man in a sort of frenzy and is uncharacteristic when speaking with his friends around town.Then the POV changes to two young teenage girls. One girl, Sabitha, is the granddaughter of the man Johannah works for. Sabitha writes to her father who does not take care of her, but her aunts do. Her friend becomes curious about the extra letter that Johannah has been adding to the envelope that Sabitha sends her father. Eventually they begin writing letters to Johannah that her father, Ken, had not really written. The last letter, however, evokes Johannah to pack up and go to him. This is where the beginning of the story started.
Then we go back to Johannah's point of view and her experience when finding Ken. I don't want to go much further because I do not want to give away anything. But I really am enjoying Munro's writing style and her ability to bring these characters to life. They are all so realistic and jump off the page. I haven't encountered any characters that are similar to each other so far. She writes anything and everything and does it well. I can't wait to continue. I probably won't get much reading done this coming weekend because of the holiday but I will try and read a few stories here and there. Happy reading everyone :)
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