Book of lives : a memoir of sorts / Margaret Atwood.
"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." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385547512
- ISBN: 038554751X
- Physical Description: xxi, 599 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Doubleday Hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Farewell to Nova Scotia -- Bush baby -- Gemini rising -- Mischiefland -- Cat's Eye, the prequel -- Hallowe'en baby -- Synthesia -- First snow -- The Tragedy of Moonblossom Smith -- Snake woman -- The bohemian embassy -- Double Persephone -- The Handmaid's Tale, the prequel -- Up in the Air So Blue -- The Circle Game, the prequel -- The Edible Woman -- Alias Grace, the prequel -- The Animals in That Country -- Graeme, the prequel: part one -- Surfacing -- Graeme, the prequel: part two -- The edibles -- Graeme, the prequel: part three -- Survival -- Monopoly -- Lady Oracle -- Days of the Rebels -- Life Before Man -- Bodily Harm -- The Handmaid's Tale -- Cat's Eye -- The Robber Bride -- Alias Grace -- The Blind Assassin -- The MaddAddam trilogy -- The Testaments -- Dearly -- Old Babes in the Wood -- Paper Boat -- Becoming an entomologist / (by Carl E. Atwood).
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Available copies
- 70 of 85 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.
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- 1 current hold with 85 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | BIO ATWOOD (Text) | 36015000748877 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | BIO ATWOOD (Text) | 36015000748810 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | BIO ATWOOD (Text) | 36015000749487 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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