Book of Lives (Paperback)

Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story? NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AND THE WASHINGTON POST "The most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter centuryor ever."The Boston GlobeRaised by scientifically minded parents, Margaret 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 Cats Eye to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began The Handmaids 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.As she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and artand the workings of one of our very greatest imaginations. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …