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Book of lives : a memoir of sorts
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-2025
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Raised by scientifically minded parents, Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful. From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become 'Cat's Eye' to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began 'The Handmaid's Tale'. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.
Main title:
Book of lives : a memoir of sorts / Margaret Atwood.
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Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2025.London : Chatto & Windus, 2025.
Collation:
xxi, 599 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781784744496 (hbk)
Dewey class:
920 ATW
Language:
English
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BRN:
3094774