Margaret Atwood has frequently been cited as one of the foremost writers of our time. Moral Disorder, her new work of fiction, could be seen as a collection of eleven stories that is almost a novel or a novel broken up into eleven stories. It resembles a photograph album
- a series of clearly observed moments that trace the course of a life, & the lives intertwined with it
- those of parents, siblings, children, friends, enemies, teachers & even animals. & as in a photograph album, times change; every decade is here, from the 1930s through the 50s, 60s & 70s to the present day. The settings are equally varied: large cities, suburbs, farms, northern forests. The first story, The Bad News, is set in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. Then the narrative switches time, as the central character moves through childhood & adolescence, in The Art of Cooking & Serving, The Headless Horseman & My Last Duchess. We follow her into young adulthood in The Other Place, & then through a complex relationship, traced in four of the stories
- Monopoly, Moral Disorder, White Horse & The Entities. The last two stories, The Labrador Fiasco & The Boys at the Lab, deal with the heartbreaking old age of parents, but circle back to childhood again, to complete the cycle. By turns funny, moving, lyrical, incisive, tragic, earthy, shocking & deeply personal, Moral Disorder displays Atwoods celebrated storytelling gifts & inimitable style to their best advantage. As the New York Times has said, Atwood has complete access to her peoples emotional histories, complete understanding of their hearts & imaginations.


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Possibly the only drawback about the How To Be A Woman was that its author, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman. This book is a proof that she can actually be 'quite chatty' about other things, including cultural, social & political ...

The ultimate test of your memory & knowledge!

More Answers Than Questions is no ordinary quiz book; the deeper into each

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Danny Wallace has had a baby & has been hobnobbing with the powers that be in Hollywood. But that hasn't made him any less awkward. Being more of a grown up brings its own baffling etiquette & expected social graces, & no-one has told Danny. This title helps you join Danny on his funny stumble through the Awkward Situations. ...

Sometimes reliving the past revives old demons.. . In a Stockholm apartment, five-year-old Tilde watches from under the kitchen table as her mother is brutally kicked to death. Meanwhile, in another part of town, psychotherapist Siri Bergman & her colleague Aina meet their new patients
- a group of women, all of whom are victims of domestic violence. From Kattis, who was beaten by her boyfriend & lives under the constant threat of his return, to Malin, the promising young athlete who was attacked by a man she met online, & from Sofi, the teenager abused by her stepfather, to Sirkka, an older woman who had a troubled marriage
- each woman takes her turn to share her story in the safety of the sessions. But as the group gets closer, it is not long before the dangers lurking in the women's lives outside invade the peace with shattering consequences. & somehow, the fate of five-year-old Tilde is intertwined with that of Siri & the other women, so that what started out as the search for peace will swiftly turn into a tense hunt for a murderer.

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Includes: stories of ultimate revenge, from freshly sold human meat, & reality TV where death is the penalty, to a
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Details: 10 blood-curdling stories of ultimate revenge, from freshly sold human meat & uncontrollable robots, to life-sucking
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Stephen Greif & Gareth Armstrong read these classic ghost stories from two masters of the genre. The Tractate
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The follow-on title to the hugely successful Colouring for Contemplation, More Colouring for Contemplation is divided into 4 sections; love, compassion, joy & equanimity.

Each section contains beautiful, meaningful themed artwork alongside an accompanying"ation from some of the most inspirational thinkers around the world.

More Colouring for Contemplation will take the reader on a journey through these empowering qualities allowing them quiet time to reflect time while also providing them with a vibrant record of their inner & outer colouring experience.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781780289762
• Author: Amber Hatch
• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 96
• Dimensions: 24 x 23 x 1cm











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