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Alice Munro

This person is the author of "The Love of a Good Woman."

D. M. Willens

This character is an optometrist who drowned in the Peregrine River in 1951.

Cece Ferns (Jr.)

This character is one of the boys who discover the body; he also once discovered a cow's hipbone, but gave it to another boy because his home circumstances do not allow him to bring home things like this.

Jimmy Box

This character is one of the boys who discover the body; he lives in his grandparents' crowded house and has a physically disabled father.

Bud Salter

This character is one of the boys who discover the body; he has a younger brother and two older sisters whom he thinks are vain and lazy.

Cece Ferns (Sr.)

This character is the father of one of the boys who discover the body; he works in the grain elevator and...

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