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Book Description
An original and compelling work in which Margaret Atwood passes one woman’s bizarre life through the prism of her unique literary vision. The shy, awkward wife of a perpetual radical, Joan Foster is a formerly obese woman whose delicate equilibrium is threatened by the fact that the several liContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 352 Pages
- Edition: New Ed
- ISBN-10: 0860683036
- ISBN-13: 9780860683032
- Publisher: Trafalgar Square
- Pub date: Apr 14, 1994
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, School & Library Binding, Unbound and Others
- In other languages: other languages
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| 9780860683032 | Paperback | $14.47 | $9.74 | The Book Depository |
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the novel starts off very well...describes very well the unhappy adolescence of the protagonist...some very funny moments... then the adventures of growing up and living between reality and make believe... absurdities abound and the story winds up fast: In the end i felt confused almost jilted... jo ... (continue)
the novel starts off very well...describes very well the unhappy adolescence of the protagonist...some very funny moments... then the adventures of growing up and living between reality and make believe... absurdities abound and the story winds up fast: In the end i felt confused almost jilted... joan doesn't actually grow up as you might expect... you feel she'll continue to live on from one blunder to another making a mess of her life... not a happy thought.
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