Kate’s 2¢: “Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood

“Alias Grace” by Margaret Atwood

Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as,     describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read.  I’m just saying…

   When I saw “Alias Grace was read by Martha Harmon Pardee, I immediately down-loaded the book to my Victor Stream Reader. She is one of my favorite narrators  and Margaret Atwood is one of my favorite authors. I knew it would be time well-spend in a win/win situation.

   I’m not sure what the difference is between ‘historical fiction’ and ‘creative non-fiction’, but Atwood’s version of “Alias Grace’  is awesome. The hint of a split-personality has been documented, such as “The Three Faces of Eve”, so what else might be possible?

From the WEB:

   Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa, and grew up in northern Ontario and Quebec, and in Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master’s degree from Radcliffe College.

   Atwood is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her latest book of short stories is Stone Mattress: Nine Tales (2014). Her MaddAddam trilogy the Giller and Booker prize-nominated Oryx and Crake (2003), The Year of the Flood (2009), and MaddAddam (2013) is currently being adapted for HBO. The Door is her latest volume of poetry (2007). Her most recent non-fiction books are Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth (2008) and In Other Worlds: SF and th…

From NLS/BARD/LOC          :

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Atwood, Margaret. Reading time: 16 hours, 20 minutes.

Read by Martha Harmon Pardee. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

Historical Fiction

Bestsellers

A fictional portrait of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old Canadian domestic who was convicted in the murder of her employer and his mistress in 1843. In prison, Grace is hypnotized by a psychiatrist to help her recall the murders and reveal whether she is a monster or a victim. Violence and descriptions of sex. Bestseller.

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