{"product_id":"old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-9780593468418","title":"Old Babes in the Wood: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments\u003c\/i\u003e, a dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. You've been missing out.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003eRebecca Makkai, best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; \"Impatient Griselda\" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and \"My Evil Mother\" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love--and what comes after. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReturning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection \u003ci\u003eStone Mattress, \u003c\/i\u003e Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16149267\"\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593468418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0593468414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC029000\"\u003eShort Stories (single author)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44715669094637,"sku":"9780593468418","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f76dbba2-58fb-4cbb-890d-45d3f7bb924c.jpg?v=1747515675","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/old-babes-in-the-wood-stories-9780593468418","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}