Open Secrets (short story collection)

Open Secrets
	First edition cover
Author	Alice Munro
Genre	Short story collection
Publisher	McClelland & Stewart
Publication date	September 26, 1994
ISBN	0-679-43575-1

Last updated January 19, 2026

Open Secrets ( ISBN 0-099-45971-X) is a book of short stories by Alice Munro published by McClelland and Stewart in 1994. It was nominated for the 1994 Governor General's Award for English Fiction.^[1]

The Edmonton Journal called it "the best Canadian book of 1994."^[1] In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "In Munro's hands, fact is a stepsister to fiction and reality may have nothing in common with life's truths. Storytelling made essential by one of the true pros."^[2]

Stories

"Carried Away"
"A Real Life"
"The Albanian Virgin"
"Open Secrets"
"The Jack Randa Hotel"
"A Wilderness Station"
"Spaceships Have Landed"
"Vandals"

References

1 2 Simons, Paula (November 6, 1994). "Munro pulls no punches", Edmonton Journal , p. C4.
↑ "Open Secrets". Kirkus Reviews . July 1, 1994. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

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[EdmontonJournal-1] 1 2 Simons, Paula (November 6, 1994). "Munro pulls no punches", Edmonton Journal , p. C4.

[2] "Open Secrets". Kirkus Reviews . July 1, 1994. Archived from the original on May 15, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2024.

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v t e Works by Alice Munro
Collections	Dance of the Happy Shades (1968) Lives of Girls and Women (1971) Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You (1974) Who Do You Think You Are? (1978) The Moons of Jupiter (1982) The Progress of Love (1986) Friend of My Youth (1990) Open Secrets (1994) The Love of a Good Woman (1998) Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (2001) Runaway (2004) The View from Castle Rock (2006) Too Much Happiness (2009) Dear Life (2012)
Short stories	"Boys and Girls" "How I Met My Husband" "The Moons of Jupiter" "Free Radicals" List of short stories by Alice Munro
Compilations	Selected Stories (1996: 1968-1994) No Love Lost (2003: 1978–1999) Vintage Munro (2004: 1982–2001) Carried Away: A Personal Selection Of Stories (2006: 1978–2004)
Film adaptations	Boys and Girls (1983) Martha, Ruth and Edie (1988, segment "How I Met My Husband") Edge of Madness (2002) Away from Her (2006) Hateship, Loveship (2013) Julieta (2016)