
Lives of Girls & Women is a movie directed by Ronald Wilson in 1996 and based on the book Lives of Girls and Women by Alice Munro, first published in 1971. The movie features Tanya Allen, Wendy Crewson, Peter MacNeill, Amos Crawley, Dean McDermott, Liisa Repo-Martell, and others.
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Storyline
A powerful drama set in the 1940s chronicling a mother’s determination to see that her daughter is able to break free of their small hometown and stand on her own, stopping at nothing to see that she receive the best education possible.
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Movie vs Book

Year
1996
Minutes
92
Movie Rate
6.30
Source: IMDb

Year
1971
Pages
277
Book Rate
7.94
S: Goodreads
Book
Lives of Girls and Women
Author: Alice Munro
Country: Canada
First published in: 1971
Length: 277 pages
Genre: Fiction
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