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100	1		_aAtwood, Margaret, _d1939- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aOLD BABES in the WOOD : _bSTORIES / _cMARGARET ATWOOD ;
264		1	_aNew York : _bDoubleday, _c2023
264		4	_c©2023
300			_a257 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aMargaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. These 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 determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as Second World War parade swords. They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. At the heart of the collection is 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 glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction.
650		0	_aMarriage _vFiction.
655		7	_aShort stories. _2lcgft.
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