Lives of Girls and Women

Lives of Girls and Women
Directed by	Ronald Wilson
Written by	novel Alice Munro writer Charles K. Pitts Kelly Rebar
Produced by	Richard Borchiver
Starring	Tanya Allen Wendy Crewson
Cinematography	Harry Makin
Edited by	Susan Shipton
Music by	Lawrence Shragge
Production company	Paragon Entertainment Corporation
Distributed by	Octapixx International
Running time	92 min.
Country	Canada
Language	English

Lives of Girls and Women is a book of short stories by Alice Munro, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 1971. All of the stories chronicle the life of a single character, Del Jordan, and accordingly the book can be considered a short story cycle. The cycle serves as a coming of age story for Del Jordan growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small town life though unwilling to acknowledge the similarities between herself and her mother who also seeks to expand her mind beyond the limited experiences of Jubilee. The Cycle is often cited as concerning many feminist ideas and it is worth noting in this context that the text deals primarily with female characters, with only a few male figures playing important roles.

A television adaptation of the book, starring Tanya Allen as Del and Wendy Crewson as her mother Addie, aired on CBC Television in 1994.

.lhgg ==External links==

• A Photo Essay of the similarities between Jubilee and Wingham
• Lives of Girls and Women at IMDb