Rebecca G. (kitschweb) reviewed on + 60 more book reviews
NOTE: This ISBN is a trade paperback edition of The Robber Bride, not hardcover as the PBS database currently shows!
Another slightly creepy exploration of women, sex, and power from the inimitable Margaret Atwood. None of her novels has affected me quite as strongly as Cat's Eye, but this one shares a similar theme in the story of several women connected by the bonds of betrayal and common loathing for the woman who betrayed them all. The story begins when the women are in their 50s and flashes back and forth in time to tell their stories as the present-day characters try to unravel the mysterious possible reappearance of the character they all thought dead. Took me a while to get through as I always find Atwood's books an intense and somewhat painful experience. The truths she tells are not really something I want to face every day!
Another slightly creepy exploration of women, sex, and power from the inimitable Margaret Atwood. None of her novels has affected me quite as strongly as Cat's Eye, but this one shares a similar theme in the story of several women connected by the bonds of betrayal and common loathing for the woman who betrayed them all. The story begins when the women are in their 50s and flashes back and forth in time to tell their stories as the present-day characters try to unravel the mysterious possible reappearance of the character they all thought dead. Took me a while to get through as I always find Atwood's books an intense and somewhat painful experience. The truths she tells are not really something I want to face every day!
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