Old Babes in the Wood

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 <BR><BR>My heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don't say, 'My heart is broken.' We say, 'Are there any cookies?'<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>'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett<BR><BR>'There is no greater living writer' Daily Telegraph<BR><BR>'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times <BR><BR>'A living legend' New York Times Book Review