{"product_id":"old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-9780593468418","title":"Old Babes in the Wood: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. You've been missing out.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eRebecca Makkai, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; \"Impatient Griselda\" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and \"My Evil Mother\" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love--and what comes after. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection \u003ci\u003eStone Mattress, \u003c\/i\u003e Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593468418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.19w x 0.75d","brand":"Margaret Atwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43471048081589,"sku":"9780593468418","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_31ad87e2-c169-4853-a5e9-efc52332a2a0.jpg?v=1704821996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-9780593468418","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}