A monument to Canadian writer Alice Munro in the town of Clinton, Ont. Central Huron's mayor says he would 'consider' amending the monument if there were public outcry after revelations Munro chose to remain married to her second husband after learning he had sexually abused her daughter.
The mayor of Central Huron, where Alice Munro lived for much of her adult life, says he would "consider" amending the monument to the celebrated writer outside the public library in Clinton, Ont., although he does not personally support such a move.A monument to Canadian writer Alice Munro in the town of Clinton, Ont.
Writing in the Toronto Star, Skinner said her stepfather Gerald Fremlin sexually assaulted her in the mid-1970s — when she was nine — and continued to harass and abuse her until she became a teenager. Alice Munro and Fremlin lived together in Clinton until Fremlin's death in 2013, the same year Munro won the Nobel Prize in literature, the only Canadian writer to ever earn the award.Andrea Robin Skinner, daughter of Canadian author Alice Munro, told the Toronto Star she was sexually abused by her stepfather as a child, but her mother chose to support her husband. Guest host Mark Kelley talks to Star reporter Deborah Dundas; and Maria Barcelos, who works with survivors of sexual abuse.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Ginn said he couldn't foresee making changes to the structure in light of the recent revelations, because Munro will always remain "a Nobel Prize winner." "I hope she is able to heal from those wounds of the past," he said of Skinner. "And I hope Alice maintains her legacy and her high esteem in the literary world."
"Disbelief, you know, that someone from a small town of 3,000 people could be a Nobel Prize winner, and walk the street and say hi to you," he said.
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