A selection of Munro's short fiction from the last two decades.

Companion volume to A wilderness station: selected stories, 1968-1994.

The love of a good woman -- Jakarta -- The children stay -- My mother's dream -- Hateship, friendship, courtship, loveship, marriage -- Family furnishings -- Post and beam -- The bear came over the mountain -- Runaway -- Soon -- Passion -- The view from Castle Rock -- Working for a living -- Hired girl -- Home -- Dimensions -- Wood -- Child's play -- Too much happiness -- To reach Japan -- Amundsen -- Train -- The eye -- Dear life.