STONE MATTRESS: NINE TALES

ALIAS GRACE

A decade and a half has passed since Grace was locked up, at the age of 16, for the murders of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper/lover Nancy Montgomery. Her alleged accomplice, James McDermot, was hanged in 1843. Dr Simon Jordan attempts to uncover the truth.

THE BLIND ASSASSIN

Eighty-two year old Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death. Chief among these was the publication of 'The Blind Assassin', a novel which earned the dead Laura Chase not only notoriety but also a devoted cult following. Man Booker Prize Winner.

BURNING QUESTIONS: ESSAYS 2004-2021

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious & uncannily prescient. In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world, and reports back to us on what she finds

CAT'S EYE

A 50 year old artist returns to Toronto and relives her memories.

THE HANDMAID'S TALE

Offred is a Handmaid in the religious totalitarian state of Gilead, formerly the United States. Her only function is to breed, to repopulate a devastated world, or die. But even a repressive state cannot wipe out hope and desire...

OLD BABES IN THE WOOD

Margaret 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 World War II 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.

ORYX AND CRAKE

A man, once named Jimmy, now calls himself Snowman and may be the only survivor of an unnamed apocalypse. Now he lives in isolation and loneliness, trawling through the past - the disappearance of his mother and the arrival of his mysterious childhood companions Oryx and Crake.

THE TENT

A collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays from one of the world's most celebrated authors. Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, these highly imaginative tales tackle a broad range of subjects, reflecting the times we live in with deadly accuracy and knife-edge precision.