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Book of Lives - by Margaret Atwood (Hardcover)

Name: Book of Lives - by Margaret Atwood (Hardcover)
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How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life?
About the Author: Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays.
640 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

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Book Synopsis

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.

'Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.'

Raised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents - entomologist father, dietician mother - Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec. This childhood was unfettered and nomadic, sometimes isolated (on her eighth birthday: 'It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.'), but also thrilling and beautiful.

From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel year that spawned Cat's Eye to the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote The Handmaid's Tale. In pages bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood actors and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.

As we travel with her along the course of her life, more and more is revealed about her writing, the connections between real life and art - and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations.

About the Author

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize.

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 (H) x 6.13 (W) x 1.63 (D)

Weight: 1.25

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 640

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Personal Memoirs

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Format: Hardcover

Author: Margaret Atwood

Language: English

Street Date: November 4, 2025

TCIN: 1002483353

UPC: 9780385547512

Item Number (DPCI): 059-01-5645

Origin: Made in the USA

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Estimated ship weight: 1.25 pounds

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