Moral Disorder and Other Stories (Paperback)

from LoveAtFirstBook

Isn't Margaret Atwood just amazing? I got a little behind on my Project Atwood, but I picked up Moral Disorder at the library and figured I'd just read a short story here and there. But I couldn't do that. I ended up reading the entire book straight through, which is unusual when it's a book of s...

from YossarianXeno

An intriguing and discombobulated novel, essentially a series of short stories that add up to the life of the lead charcter, Nell. Primarily the focus is the development of her relationships with key individuals in her life: her parents, her younger sibling and her partner, Tig. As ever with Atwo...

from neverlistless

probably not the absolute best Atwood piece ever, but wonderful nonetheless. I loved reading the descriptions of the farms that Nell and Tig lived on - once again, a home in the woods away from everyone? Sign me up! It was a moving collection though, lots of life and death topics popping up here ...

from Hebephrene

Atwood is one of the masters. She can do anything but in my view what she excels at more than all the other things she excels at is characterization. The opening of the story The Entities about Lillie the real estate broker is one of the best examples of using summary that I can find. The confidi...

from Niecierpek

It's a collection of eleven inter-connected stories with an autobiographical theme. They take us from the first story- Bad News- thoughts on aging of the main character- through childhood, adolescence and complicated middle-age life back to aging when the main character is taking care of her dyin...