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The Bear Came Over the Mountain
Narrated by Kymberly Dakin
Written by Alice Munro
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A love story of a marriage that lasts for decades. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that Grant and Fiona met when they were in college. Fiona, who was from a fairly well-to-do family, had several suitors at that time. She chose Grant, to whom she proposed marriage as an incredible adventure. The two became inseparable until late in their marriage when Fiona began to forget ordinary things: how to drive, where they lived, how to cook or make coffee, and how to keep track of time and schedules. Fiona and Grant experience both physical and emotional separation when she is finally diagnosed with Alzheimer's .

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