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From Library Journal
Petite Tony teaches the agressively male subject of military history and has a talent for speaking backwards; actually, she's Ynot. Charis eats only vegetarian fare and consults crystals. Boisterous, stylish Roz runs her own company and drives a BMW. These three women would seem to have little in common, but they're held together by a single thread: Zenia, a lying, charismatic femme fatale who at one time or other stole the men in their lives. But Zenia is dead, blown to bits in Beirut, and can hurt them no more. Or so they think until the day a still-seductive Zenia walks into the restaurant where they are having lunch. As in Cat's Eye ( LJ 2/1/89), Atwood takes feminism one step further, showing women as victims not only of society but of themselves. Her book is daring, richly detailed, and compulsively readable. Indeed, some readers might find it too readable; at times it feels a bit trashier than something you would expect from Atwood. In addition, while Zenia is a fascinating absence at the novel's center, she seems too bad to be true. Nevertheless, Atwood is always good reading. For most collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/93.
- Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Petite Tony teaches the agressively male subject of military history and has a talent for speaking backwards; actually, she's Ynot. Charis eats only vegetarian fare and consults crystals. Boisterous, stylish Roz runs her own company and drives a BMW. These three women would seem to have little in common, but they're held together by a single thread: Zenia, a lying, charismatic femme fatale who at one time or other stole the men in their lives. But Zenia is dead, blown to bits in Beirut, and can hurt them no more. Or so they think until the day a still-seductive Zenia walks into the restaurant where they are having lunch. As in Cat's Eye ( LJ 2/1/89), Atwood takes feminism one step further, showing women as victims not only of society but of themselves. Her book is daring, richly detailed, and compulsively readable. Indeed, some readers might find it too readable; at times it feels a bit trashier than something you would expect from Atwood. In addition, while Zenia is a fascinating absence at the novel's center, she seems too bad to be true. Nevertheless, Atwood is always good reading. For most collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/93.
- Barbara Hoffert, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Picked this up at the meet-up today! Thanks irenic!
Loved this, this is the better of Atwood's work. Not quite The Handmaid's Tale or Blind Assasin, but still really really! I like how she writes the three women so personal and real, whereas Zenia is never quite clear and as the reader I didn't really know her.
Available to a good home...
Available to a good home...
Journal Entry 4 by Breeze144 at Goodlife Fitness (harwood) in Ajax, Ontario Canada on Monday, February 18, 2008
Released 16 yrs ago (2/18/2008 UTC) at Goodlife Fitness (harwood) in Ajax, Ontario Canada
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Left in the women's change room! Happy travels little book!
Left in the women's change room! Happy travels little book!
Journal Entry 5 by klanham from West Bay, Grand Cayman Cayman Islands on Thursday, September 4, 2008
I found this book on the shelf of the screened-in porch next to the swimming pool at Harbour Heights, a complex of condos on Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman. I've always liked Margaret Atwood's writing and look forward to reading it. When I'm finished, I'll return it to the shelf for the next visitor on a Caribbean vacation.
I picked this up November 15th from the Harbour Heights book shelf.
I didn't have a chance to see where it had been or come from.. however was going to read it on the flight home. Its ended up back in Burlington, Ontario where it had started. Once I'm finished I'll be passing it on. Happy Travels little book.
CAUGHT IN WEST BAY GRAND CAYMAN BWI
I didn't have a chance to see where it had been or come from.. however was going to read it on the flight home. Its ended up back in Burlington, Ontario where it had started. Once I'm finished I'll be passing it on. Happy Travels little book.
CAUGHT IN WEST BAY GRAND CAYMAN BWI
