"Over 600 pages this memoir of sorts ranges from her childhood growing up in the Canadian backwoods to her grief at the death of her partner of 48 years, the writer Graeme Gibson, in 2019, with many friendships, the occasional spat and more than 50 books (including Cat's Eye, Alias Grace and the Booker prizewinning The Blind Assassin and The Testaments) in between."
"She always dismisses the notion of prophetic powers I'd have cornered the stock market, she has said (although she did predict the financial crash in her 2008 book Payback). She certainly doesn't want to be idolised as a saint that rarely ends well, and besides, she holds grudges. She even chafes against her mantle as feminist icon, expected to do the Right Thing for women in all circumstances, with many different Right Things projected on to me from readers and viewers,"
Margaret Atwood recounts childhood in the Canadian backwoods shaped by a father entomologist and early insect fascination. She describes a prolific career spanning more than fifty books and the cultural impact of a television adaptation that amplified public perception. She balances scientific scepticism with occasional interests in palm-reading and the occult, and demonstrates expertise in nature and historical events such as the Salem witch trials and the French Revolution. She addresses public expectations as a feminist figure, resists sainthood and prophetic labels, acknowledges grudges, and reflects on long-term partnership and grief after a partner's death.
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