{"product_id":"book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts-9780385547512","title":"Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003eone of our most lauded and influential cultural figures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not the same.'\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRaised by ruggedly independent, scientifically minded parents - entomologist father, dietician mother - Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec. This childhood was unfettered and nomadic, sometimes isolated (on her eighth birthday: 'It sounds forlorn. It was forlorn. It gets more forlorn.'), but also thrilling and beautiful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking seminal moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel year that spawned \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e to the Orwellian 1980s Berlin where she wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e. In pages bursting with bohemian gatherings, her magical life with the wildly charismatic writer Graeme Gibson and major political turning points, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood actors and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs we travel with her along the course of her life, more and more is revealed about her writing, the connections between real life and art - and the workings of one of our greatest imaginations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Doubleday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385547512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her 1985 classic, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale, \u003c\/i\u003ewas followed in 2019 by a sequel, \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47394510864598,"sku":"9780385547512","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/1660\/5398\/files\/img_b38d28dc-50b8-4a6e-94b9-dd54812c3384.jpg?v=1761310450","url":"https:\/\/tiabookcellar.com\/products\/book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts-9780385547512","provider":"tia book cellar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}