{"product_id":"book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts-9780593314081","title":"Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts by Atwood, Margaret","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD - How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century-or ever.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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 \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and art--and the workings of one of our very greatest imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593314081\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, \u003c\/i\u003e and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003e was followed in 2019 by a sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003e which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. Atwood has won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. 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