Daughter of Alice Munro reveals sexual abuse by step-father and her mother’s choice to protect him; local responses flood in

July 18, 2024 @ 9:00 amListowel Banner, Local News, Walkerton-Wingham-Listowel, Wingham Advance Times

Verna Steffler, who organized and dedicated Wingham’s Alice Munro Literary Garden, feels no changes should be made to the garden as a result of recent controversy over the author’s legacy. (Pat Raftis photo)
Verna Steffler, who organized and dedicated Wingham’s Alice Munro Literary Garden, feels no changes should be made to the garden as a result of recent controversy over the author’s legacy. (Pat Raftis photo)
TORONTO – Last week, Andrea Robin Skinner, youngest daughter of Canadian literary icon Alice Munro, shared with the world through an essay published in the Toronto Star that her step-father, Munro’s second husband Gerald Fremlin, sexually abused her beginning when she was nine years old, and her mother chose to protect him. The essay, titled…
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