{"product_id":"book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts","title":"Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAND\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST • How does the greatest writer of our time tell her own story?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"The most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century–or ever.\"—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaised by scientifically minded parents, Margaret Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forest of northern Quebec: a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCat’s Eye\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Handmaid’s Tale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points, and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars, and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and art—and the workings of one of our very greatest imaginations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Words on Pages Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52936048509293,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0933\/7700\/3885\/files\/margatwood.jpg?v=1769035237","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsonpagesbookshop.com\/products\/book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts","provider":"Words on Pages Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}