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A Secret Sisterhood The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Eliot and Woolf by Emma Claire Sweeney; Emily Midorikawa; Margaret Atwood (Foreword by)
Category: History
'In digging up the forgotten friendships chronicled in A Secret Sisterhood, Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney have done much service to literary history.'Margaret Atwood 'A Secret Sisterhood will help make women's literary friendships of the past relevant to the present.'Mich#65533;le Roberts 'A ...Show more
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Sometimes I whisper it over to myself- Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor. In 1843, a 16-year-old Canadian housemaid named Grace Marks was tried for the murder of her employer and his mistress. The sensationalistic trial made headlines throughout the world, and the ju ...Show more
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Category: Fiction
Around the true story of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the 19th century, Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily potent tale of sexuality, cruelty, and mystery. In 1843, Grace Marks was convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Na ...Show more
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
1843. Grace Marks, sixteen, is declared guilty and sentenced to life in prison for participating in the murders of Thomas Kinnear, for whom she was a maid, and Nancy Montgomery, the housekeeper and Thomas' lover. Years later, a group of reformists and spiritualists try to obtain a pardon for her.
Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces 2004-2021 by Margaret Atwood
Category: Essays | Reading Level: near fine
From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays - funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient - which seek answers to Burning Questions such as; Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories? How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating? How c ...Show more
Democracy: Eleven writers and leaders on what it is - and why it matters by Margaret Atwood, Margaret Atwood
Category: Politics
In collaboration with the Financial Times: powerful, urgent reflections on the value of democracy from eleven women writers and thought-leaders 2024 is an exceptional year for democracy. Nearly half the world's population will take part in a national election, with billions heading to the polls. It's a ...Show more
Furies: Stories of the wicked, wild and untamed - feminist tales from 15 bestselling, award-winning authors by Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Emma Donoghue, Kirsty Logan, Chibundu Onuzo, Caroline O'Donoghue, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Stella Duffy, Kamila Shamsie
Category: Short Stories
DRAGON. TIGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. For centuries past, and all across the world HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. there are words that have defined and decried us. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. Words that raise our hackles VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. fire up our blood; FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO. words that tell a story I ...Show more
Hag-Seed by Margaret Atwood
Category: Fiction | Series: Hogarth Shakespeare Ser.
** Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction **Selected as a Book of the Year -- Observer, Sunday Times, Times, Guardian, i magazine 'It's got a thunderstorm in it. And revenge. Definitely revenge.' Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His ...Show more
Old Babes in the Wood: Collected Stories by Margaret Atwood
Category: Short Stories
A highly personal new collection of stories by the bestselling, twice Booker-winning cultural icon Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig They explore th ...Show more
Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood
Category: Fiction | Series: The Maddaddam Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
The narrator of Margaret Atwood's riveting new novel is Snowman, self-named though not self-created. As the story opens, he's sleeping in a tree, wearing a dirty old bed-sheet, mourning the loss of his beautiful and beloved Oryx and his best friend Crake, and slowly starving to death. Earlier, Snowman's ...Show more
Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems 1961-2023 by Margaret Atwood
Category: Poetry
An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood - a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes - Paper Boat assembles Atwood's most vital poems in one essential volume.In pieces ...Show more
Stone Mattress: Nine Wicked Tales by Margaret Atwood
Category: Fiction
A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy winter evening by the voice of her late husband. An elderly lady with Charles Bonnet syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. A woman bo ...Show more