The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro

In this book Munro goes in search of her roots. From Will O'Phaup, grandfather of the Scottish writer James Hogg, to her father who farmed turkeys and fox fur in the American Depression, all Munro's ancestors leap from the page and engage our imagination. She recalls her own childhood and young love, writes of the hopes of her first marriage and reveals the solidity of her second.

Munro writes perceptively of the complexities of family life and those hidden ties that link her to past lives, while celebrating the joys of the present time.