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The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

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The Edible Woman

Author
Margaret Atwood
Narrator
Shawn Webster
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Publish Date
29 May 2025
Run Time
10 hours 16 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

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BY THE BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE

'Clara', she said, 'do you think I'm normal?'
'I'd say you're almost abnormally normal, if you know what I mean.'

Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable routine - and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach . . .

Margaret Atwood's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism.

'Written with a brilliant angry energy' OBSERVER

'Atwood has the magic of turning the particular and the parochial into the universal' THE TIMES

'Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour, she has wit and style in abundance . . . a joy to read' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

Critics Review

  • Margaret Atwood is genuinely funny and makes her point engagingly

    SUNDAY TELEGRAPH MAGAZINE

  • The novel offers some ironic reflections on marriage, guilt and the relationship between the sexes - classic Atwood territory

    GUARDIAN

  • A subtle and penetrating observer of relationships between men and women

    SUNDAY TIMES

  • Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour, she has wit and style in abundance...a real joy to read

    GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

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  • A witty, elegant, generous and patient writer

    PUNCH

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Details
Author
Margaret Atwood
Narrator
Shawn Webster
Duration
10 hours 16 minutes
Release Date
29 May 2025
ISBN
9781405565752
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Genre
Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

Synopsis

BY THE BESTSELLING, PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE'Clara', she said, 'do you think I'm normal?''I'd say you're almost abnormally normal, if you know what I mean.' Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fiancé Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable routine - and her digestion. Marriage à la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach . . .Margaret Atwood's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism.'Written with a brilliant angry energy' OBSERVER'Atwood has the magic of turning the particular and the parochial into the universal' THE TIMES'Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour, she has wit and style in abundance . . . a joy to read' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

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