{"product_id":"the-robber-bride-9780385491037","title":"The Robber Bride","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Testaments--\u003c\/i\u003eo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ene of Margaret Atwood's most unforgettable characters lurks at the center of this intricate novel like a spider in a web. The glamorous, irresistible, unscrupulous Zenia is nothing less than a fairy-tale villain in the memories of her former friends.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoz, Charis, and Tony--university classmates decades ago--were reunited at Zenia's funeral and have met monthly for lunch ever since, obsessively retracing the destructive swath she once cut through their lives. A brilliantly inventive fabulist, Zenia had a talent for exploiting her friends' weaknesses, wielding intimacy as a weapon and cheating them of money, time, sympathy, and men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut one day, five years after her funeral, they are shocked to catch sight of Zenia: even her death appears to have been yet another fiction. As the three women plot to confront their larger-than-life nemesis, Atwood proves herself a gleefully acute observer of the treacherous shoals of friendship, trust, desire, and power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-12662\"\u003eMargaret Atwood\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.16w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385491037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0385491034\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-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\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-FIC060000\"\u003eHumorous | Black Humor\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-FIC025000\"\u003ePsychological\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Atwood, \u003c\/b\u003e whose work has been published in more than forty-five countries, is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, now an award-winning TV series, her novels include \u003ci\u003eCat's Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, short-listed for the 1989 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eAlias Grace\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Giller Prize in Canada and the Premio Mondello in Italy; \u003ci\u003eThe Blind Assassin\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2000 Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eOryx and Crake\u003c\/i\u003e, short-listed for the 2003 Man Booker Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Year of the Flood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaddAddam\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHag-Seed\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the Franz Kafka Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator's Award. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702391312621,"sku":"9780385491037","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b7965ef5-1499-4399-89c3-02fac6f0a122.jpg?v=1649960561","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-robber-bride-9780385491037","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}