Old Babes in the Wood Stories

<b>Margaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world. This new collection showcases her many talents -- and the return of her beloved characters Nell & Tig</b><br> <br> They 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 World War II parade swords.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> The glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.<br> <br> <b>'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett<br> <br> 'There is no greater living writer' <i>Daily Telegraph</i><br> <br> 'The outstanding novelist of our age' <i>Sunday Times</i><br> <br> 'A living legend' <i>New York Times Book Review</i></b>