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  • Jamie posted an update in the group Group logo of Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 1 month ago

    @internrachel and @julia1 I finished ‘The Edible Woman’ by Margaret Atwood, 301 pgs, and it was. so. good. Oh man, I cannot believe how good it is. Marian, the main character, is just so, ugh, so exactly real even though she goes through a ‘crisis’ that seems completely unreal. Whether you choose to believe she’s going through some kind of mental breakdown or achieving liberation from ‘femininity’ she is totally fascinating. I think this has been my favorite book I’ve read this summer, an unreal world that is so close to reality that I could imagine it happening. So. Good.
    I can’t wait to read more Atwood

    • Hi, just some more Atwood recommendations really, my favourite Atwood books though my absolute favourites are Oryx and Crake, The Handmaid’s Tale and The Penelopiad. Seeing as you liked ‘The Edible Woman’ I’d also recommend Life Before Man which is different to the others I’ve mentioned in that it doesn’t have a sci-fi/fantasy twist but is very much ‘real life’.