Kate’s 2¢: “The Edible Woman” by Margaret Atwood

“The Edible Woman” 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…

   I came to the end of almost 12 hours of listening to “The Edible Woman” and continued to sit, dumbfounded. Was that all there was?

   I suspect a psychologist could have a field day with this story. I’m just not that deep a thinker. I figure the author wrote a story, a fictional story, turning the narrative arc this way and that, to suit her own fancies.

   I recognize that stabs were taken at the way married women were forced to quit their jobs; men expected ‘the little woman’ to be of a certain chic; Mothers lost their own identities into mothering, home, and hearth; single women were selfish to connive to get pregnant without marriage; and a variety of other points to ponder.

   I’m still pondering.

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: 11 hours, 15 minutes.

Read by Sandra Kazan. A production of Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.

Psychological Fiction

Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Marian McAlpin: she can’t eat. First meat. Then eggs, vegetables, cake–everything! Worse yet, she has the crazy feeling that she’s being eaten. A brilliant and powerful work rich in irony and metaphor.

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Kate’s 2¢: “The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood

“The Testaments” 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…

   The three testaments are pieced together to develop a sequential story of corruption, intrigue, resilience, and many other emotions.

   At the end of the testaments, the symposium’s key-note speaker ties-up the loose threads of this intriguing saga. There are, however, a few threads that still could be pulled out in another story.

   I found, at the end of each person’s testament,  I was annoyed to ‘leave it there’ to continue another’s testament. I wanted to hear the one testament through to the end. I suspect, though, the author employed the ‘cliff-hanger’ to keepthe reader listening or turning the pages.

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: 13 hours, 20 minutes.

Read by Tantoo Cardinal.

Science Fiction

Bestsellers

Fifteen years after the van door slammed on Offred’s future, three women provide testaments on life in Gilead. Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale (DB 24695). Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019.