Alias Grace
2 journalers for this copy...
This is going in my TBR pile.
*update 2/20/03: promised to jennyscott, will read ASAP and send
*update 06/04/03: well, I guess I took too long with the book, and the BCer I'd promised this to hasn't returned my reminder PMs for a month, so I'm making this available to anyone willing to trade.
*update 2/20/03: promised to jennyscott, will read ASAP and send
*update 06/04/03: well, I guess I took too long with the book, and the BCer I'd promised this to hasn't returned my reminder PMs for a month, so I'm making this available to anyone willing to trade.
Based on an historical account of a then-infamous double murder. Told through several points of view, including "correspondence," and takes the reader back and forth through time to enlighten the reader about Grace's family, upbringing, career training, friendships, hardships, the events which led to the murders, and her trial, incarceration, "treatment" for insanity, and the efforts to have her pardoned.
Atwood presents us with a very well-blended combination of research and fiction. I believe that she's kept true to the period, and she has also incorporated quilting lore ino the story artfully (those who attend to it will bring away something special).
I enjoyed this story very much. Atwood does character development well, and the plot was crafted in a way that the "flashbacks" were well-placed. A nice "dip" into Canadian history, in relation to the U.S.
What is also interesting about this novel, is that the author wrote a version for TV in 1974, which was drawn solely from the one account that was most embellished and biased. One has to wonder if she suffered a crisis of conscience of sorts, and felt obligated to tell a more authentic version.
Atwood presents us with a very well-blended combination of research and fiction. I believe that she's kept true to the period, and she has also incorporated quilting lore ino the story artfully (those who attend to it will bring away something special).
I enjoyed this story very much. Atwood does character development well, and the plot was crafted in a way that the "flashbacks" were well-placed. A nice "dip" into Canadian history, in relation to the U.S.
What is also interesting about this novel, is that the author wrote a version for TV in 1974, which was drawn solely from the one account that was most embellished and biased. One has to wonder if she suffered a crisis of conscience of sorts, and felt obligated to tell a more authentic version.
Journal Entry 3 by marinaw at Being mailed to a Seferim to read and release. in Columbia, Maryland USA on Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Released on Wednesday, June 25, 2003 at Being mailed to a Seferim to read and release. in Columbia, Maryland USA.
on its way to Seferim
on its way to Seferim
Thank you so much for sending one of my wishlist books! I am looking forward to it. Will read and review
Once I started this book (about three years after I received it from Marinaw!) I could not put it down. A fascinating account of the double-murder plot in 19th-century Ontario, Canada. Atwood took a real case, and embellished it with details about the characters' lives and motivations. Truly a memorable book. I plan to release it soon.