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  • Bluebeard's Egg

    Margaret Atwood

    Hardcover (McClelland & Stewart, Jan. 1, 1983)
    In this acclaimed collection of twelve stories, Margaret Atwood probes the territory of childhood memories and the casual cruelty men and women inflict upon each other and themselves. She looks behind the familiar world of family summers at remote lakes, ordinary lives, and unexpected loves, and she unearths profound truths. A melancholy, teenage love is swept away by a Canadian hurricane, while a tired, middle-aged affection is rekindled by the spectacle of rare Jamaican birds; a potter tries to come to terms with the group of poets who so smother her that she is driven into the arms of her accountant; and, in the title story, the Bluebeard legend is retold as an ironic tale of marital deception. Stark and scathing at times, humorous and compassionate at others, "Bluebeard"'"s Egg" confirms once again Atwood's reputation as the pre-eminent chronicler of our times.
  • The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Cornelsen Verlag GmbH, July 1, 2005)
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  • Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda

    Margaret Atwood

    Hardcover (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, March 15, 2006)
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  • The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Vintage, Sept. 26, 1996)
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  • Alias Grace

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Emblem Editions, Oct. 5, 2010)
    In Alias Grace, bestselling author Margaret Atwood takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?
  • The Handmaid's Tale

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Fawcett Crest, Jan. 1, 1993)
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  • The Handmaid's Tale 1st

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback
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  • Alias Grace

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Virago, March 15, 1997)
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  • Alias Grace

    Margaret Atwood

    Audio Cassette (Random House Audio, Nov. 1, 1996)
    In the astonishing new novel by the author of the bestsellers The Robber Bride, Cat's Eye, and The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood takes us back in time and into the life and mind of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century. Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, the wealthy Thomas Kinnear, and of Nancy Montgomery, his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence after a stint in Toronto's lunatic asylum, Grace herself claims to have no memory of the murders.Dr. Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness, is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story, from her family's difficult passage out of Ireland into Canada, to her time as a maid in Thomas Kinnear's household. As he brings Grace closer and closer to the day she cannot remember, he hears of the turbulent relationship between Kinnear and Nancy Montgomery, and of the alarming behavior of Grace's fellow servant, James McDermott. Jordan is drawn to Grace, but he is also baffled by her. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories? Is Grace a female fiend, a bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she a victim of circumstances?Alias Grace is a beautifully crafted work of the imagination that reclaims a profoundly mysterious and disturbing story from the past century. With compassion, an unsentimental lyricism, and her customary narrative virtuosity, Margaret Atwood mines the often convoluted relationships between men and women, and between the affluent and those without position. The result is her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since The Handmaid's Tale--in short, vintage Atwood.
  • Painter's Kitchen

    Margaret Wood

    Paperback (Red Crane Books, Sept. 15, 1991)
    Book by Wood, Margaret
  • Alias Grace

    Margaret Atwood

    Paperback (Anchor / Doubleday, March 15, 1997)
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  • Up In The Tree

    Margaret Atwood

    Hardcover (Natraj Publishers, Jan. 1, 2006)
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