The story opens with a missing young woman, but this isn’t about the missing young woman. “Spaceships Have Landed” is the story of a small community. “ Vandals” in the Octoedition of The New Yorker What’s the Open Secret of this particular story? Read on to find out.“ Spaceships Have Landed” in The Paris Review, Issue 131, Summer,1994.“ A Wilderness Station” in the Apedition of The New Yorker.“ The Jack Randa Hotel” in the Jedition of The New Yorker.“ Open Secrets” in the Februedition of The New Yorker.“ The Albanian Virgin” in the Jedition of The New Yorker.“ A Real Life” in the Februedition of The New Yorker.“ Carried Away” in the Octoedition of The New Yorker.Alice Munro, “Spaceships Have Landed” OPEN SECRETS (1994) You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations. With perfectly chosen narrative summary and a roving point of view, Alice Munro paints the story of a 1950s town, as experienced by two very different young women united by the timing of their coming-of-age. But after you’ve read it, you’ll feel like you read an entire novel. This is a long short story running over 10,000 words.
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