Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood

Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret AtwoodAtwood's first new fiction publication since The Testaments, this deeply personal collection includes 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 The stories 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

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entice or repulse

her family is silent

With its castles

Lifes evolutionary steps from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures taking to the skies in flight are conveyed with an alluring

war and family

secrets must be uncovered

They have only ever been believed when she can get a man to deliver them

Tom the lighthouse keeper finds an egg washed up on the beach in West Cork

and each initiate must choose which faction to follow

why can memories feel so real

But never as deeply