Old Babes In The Wood Av Margaret Atwood

<p><b>The new collection from the legendary Atwood is led by the story of 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 </b><br><br><i><b>My heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don’t say, ‘My heart is broken.’ We say, ‘Are there any cookies?’</b></i><br><br>In this dazzling collection of stories we meet beloved cats, George Orwell, a daughter whose mother may or may not be a witch, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. And we meet and re-meet Nell and Tig, a long-married couple, and see the moments big and small that make up a life of love – and what comes after.<br><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></p>