NATIONALBESTSELLER-Fromthebestselling,award-winningauthorofTheHandmaid’sTaleandTheTestaments,adazzlingcollectionofshortstoriesthatlookdeeplyintotheheartoffamilyrelationships,marriage,lossandmemory,andwhatitmeanstospendalifetogether“IfyouconsideryourselfanAtwoodfanandhaveonlyreadhernovels:Getyouracttogether.You’vebeenmissingout.“--TheNewYorkTimesBookReview,RebeccaMakkai,best-sellingauthorofTheGreatBelieversMargaretAtwoodhasestablishedherselfasoneofthemostvisionaryandcanonicalauthorsintheworld.Thiscollectionoffifteenextraordinarystories--someofwhichhaveappearedinTheNewYorkerandTheNewYorkTimesMagazine--explorethefullwarpandweftofexperience,speakingtoouruniquetimeswithAtwood’scharacteristicinsight,witandintellect.Thetwointrepidsistersofthetitlestorygrapplewithlossandmemoryonaperfectsummerevening;“ImpatientGriselda“exploresalienationandmiscommunicationwithafreshtwistonafolkloricclassic;and“MyEvilMother“touchesonthefantastical,examiningamother-daughterrelationshipinwhichthemotherpurportstobeawitch.Attheheartofthecollectionaresevenextraordinarystoriesthatfollowamarriedcoupleacrossthedecades,themomentsbigandsmallthatmakeupalonglifeofuncommonlove--andwhatcomesafter.Returningtoshortfictionforthefirsttimesinceher2014collectionStoneMattress,Atwoodshowcasesbothhercreativityandherhumanityintheseremarkabletaleswhichbyturnsdelight,illuminate,andquietlydevastate.
