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Fiction, from 2011: “If they had heard even the kitchen door they might have had a moment to prepare.”
Alice Munro's farm girls understood: having any sort of job after graduation would be a defeat. Like sorority girls, they were enrolled to find husbands. Fortunately, they were both attractive. Male relatives joked they ought to be able to nab somebody. Then Avie waited to tell Grace about her dream.