{"product_id":"old-babes-in-the-wood-stories","title":"Margaret Atwood: Old Babes In The Wood: Stories [2023] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell \u0026amp; Tig \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love -- and what comes after.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There is no greater living writer' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The outstanding novelist of our age' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A living legend' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atwood, Margaret","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47782759137619,"sku":"XV81784744854","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":53428927529299,"sku":"XE81784744854","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":44470114058530,"sku":"9781784744854","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/atwood-margaret-margaret-atwood-old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-2023-hardback-57849143263571.jpg?v=1775662254","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/old-babes-in-the-wood-stories","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}