Synopsis:
'Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach ...'

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Thank you very much Shimmy-crazy it’s arrived. This is our book club choice for this month so I need to have read this by 1st March I’ll therefore start this once I’ve finished my current read.

EDIT: 25th February 2010 - This is my third Atwood novel which is something of an achievement; if I hadn’t started reading the 1001 list or joined a book club I would have gone through life without even picking one up, I’m therefore glad I did both of those things.

I liked this book, I wouldn’t say it was amazing but in parts it made me laugh to myself. The characters where all a bit confused and I’m not really sure that any of the relationships within the novel were what I’d imagine they should be, I imagine Margaret Atwood didn’t either. This was written in 1965 and I don’t know enough about the history of the feminist movement in Canada to establish if this was typical of the female attitudes at the time.

Anyway an enjoyable read, I’ll definitely read more of Atwood’s work based on this and the other novels that I’ve read.

Next: Lao Tzu - Tao Te Ching

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RABCK to valpete, on your wishlist.

Thanks for the RABCK. Adding it to my Mt. TBR!

I'm moving this along to another BCer with it on her Wishlist.

Enjoy!

Thank you so much for the lovely wishlist RABCK. I just picked it up from the post office, and it made my day.