{"product_id":"book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts-paperback","title":"Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.84 x 9.18 x 6.33 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987399213357,"sku":"9798217170111","price":34.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/aMJYP9eJrT9798217170111.webp?v=1776178490","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/book-of-lives-a-memoir-of-sorts-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}