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Rachel Aviv

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The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

It was sort of patched up really quickly. He pled guilty to indecent assault. There was no jury.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

It was sort of patched up really quickly. He pled guilty to indecent assault. There was no jury.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Yeah. And then there was a letter that he wrote to his lawyer basically saying the trial strategy is to exclude the press. And at the time of the court case, Alice had planned to leave him and to move in with her friend who had an empty house for her. And then abruptly she canceled the plan.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Yeah. And then there was a letter that he wrote to his lawyer basically saying the trial strategy is to exclude the press. And at the time of the court case, Alice had planned to leave him and to move in with her friend who had an empty house for her. And then abruptly she canceled the plan.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Yeah. And then there was a letter that he wrote to his lawyer basically saying the trial strategy is to exclude the press. And at the time of the court case, Alice had planned to leave him and to move in with her friend who had an empty house for her. And then abruptly she canceled the plan.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Yeah, I was surprised talking to the Toronto Star reporter who ultimately broke the story. But she said when she was first proposed the story after Andrea had sent an email, she said no. She didn't want to do it. She didn't want to take down an idol. She didn't want to jeopardize her relationships and publishing. She'd seen Alice Munro as this emblem of feminism and

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Yeah, I was surprised talking to the Toronto Star reporter who ultimately broke the story. But she said when she was first proposed the story after Andrea had sent an email, she said no. She didn't want to do it. She didn't want to take down an idol. She didn't want to jeopardize her relationships and publishing. She'd seen Alice Munro as this emblem of feminism and

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

Yeah, I was surprised talking to the Toronto Star reporter who ultimately broke the story. But she said when she was first proposed the story after Andrea had sent an email, she said no. She didn't want to do it. She didn't want to take down an idol. She didn't want to jeopardize her relationships and publishing. She'd seen Alice Munro as this emblem of feminism and

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

And she'd sort of been inspired by the idea that you could tell your own story and take control over your own story. And ultimately, she did change her mind. But even that thought that in 2024, there was like a day-long pause before she was ready to do it. And even before then, Andrea had reached out to a number of journalists, and she got no response.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

And she'd sort of been inspired by the idea that you could tell your own story and take control over your own story. And ultimately, she did change her mind. But even that thought that in 2024, there was like a day-long pause before she was ready to do it. And even before then, Andrea had reached out to a number of journalists, and she got no response.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

And she'd sort of been inspired by the idea that you could tell your own story and take control over your own story. And ultimately, she did change her mind. But even that thought that in 2024, there was like a day-long pause before she was ready to do it. And even before then, Andrea had reached out to a number of journalists, and she got no response.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

There was this sense of, like, we all need to protect our mother. And this feeling that she was very horribly fragile and that, like, this refrain in the family, like, she'll die if she knows.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

There was this sense of, like, we all need to protect our mother. And this feeling that she was very horribly fragile and that, like, this refrain in the family, like, she'll die if she knows.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

There was this sense of, like, we all need to protect our mother. And this feeling that she was very horribly fragile and that, like, this refrain in the family, like, she'll die if she knows.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

And the sisters kind of took their cue from the parents. Jenny tried to tell her mother. And actually, Sheila almost told her mother. But they both, there was this kind of mythology of like, we must not impinge on this great, great career and on this fragile woman.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

And the sisters kind of took their cue from the parents. Jenny tried to tell her mother. And actually, Sheila almost told her mother. But they both, there was this kind of mythology of like, we must not impinge on this great, great career and on this fragile woman.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

And the sisters kind of took their cue from the parents. Jenny tried to tell her mother. And actually, Sheila almost told her mother. But they both, there was this kind of mythology of like, we must not impinge on this great, great career and on this fragile woman.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

I mean, he just basically said, it's not the book I'm writing. I think what he said to me at one point was, every family has a thing like this.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

I mean, he just basically said, it's not the book I'm writing. I think what he said to me at one point was, every family has a thing like this.

The New Yorker Radio Hour
Rachel Aviv on Alice Munro’s Family Secrets

I mean, he just basically said, it's not the book I'm writing. I think what he said to me at one point was, every family has a thing like this.