num_pages: 288
description: A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her husband's past - and instead discovering unsettling truths about a total stranger. The ten stories in this collection not only astonish and delight but also convey the unspoken mysteries at the heart of all human experience.
language: English
title: Friend of My Youth
titlecomplete: Friend of My Youth
genres: Classics, Short Stories, Nobel Prize, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Canadian Literature, Canada, Womens
ratings_count: 4799
places: Ontario
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in Caribbean and Canada, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Trillium Book Award
publisher: Vintage Contemporaries, 1991