Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection Stone Mattress, Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate. The 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. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories-some of which have appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine-explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood’s characteristic insight, wit and intellect. Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. You’ve been missing out.” - The New York Times Book Review, Rebecca Makkai, best-selling author of The Great Believers "If you consider yourself an Atwood fan and have only read her novels: Get your act together. From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, 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.For both her and the realms.NATIONAL BESTSELLER Things are great in Sea City: Theres a gorgeous house right on the beach, a boardwalk, plenty of sun and sand. Stacey and Mary Anne are baby-sitting for the Pike family for two weeks at the New Jersey shore. That is if she even makes it to her Ascension and Kolis doesn't get to her first. A graphic novel adapted and illustrated by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gale Galligan. And without Nyktos's love-an emotion he's incapable of feeling-she won't survive her Ascension. The Primal power of Life is growing inside her, pushing her closer to the end of her Culling. The attacks on the Shadowlands are increasing, and when Kolis summons them to Court, a whole new risk becomes apparent. But memories of their shared pleasure and unrivaled desire are a siren's call impossible to resist.Īnd as Sera begins to realize that she wants to be more than a Consort in name only, the danger surrounding them intensifies. Sera cannot afford to fall for the tortured Primal, not when a life no longer bound to a destiny she never wanted is more attainable than ever. Nyktos has a plan, though, and as they work together, the last thing they need is the undeniable, scorching passion that continues to ignite between them. She will do anything to end Kolis, the false King of Gods, and his tyrannical rule of Iliseeum, thus stopping the threat he poses to the mortal realm. Surrounded by those distrustful of her, all Sera has is her duty. The truth about Sera's plan is out, shattering the fragile trust forged between her and Nyktos. The only one who can save Sera now is the one she spent her life planning to kill. Armentrout comes book two in her Flesh and Fire series. From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L.
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