Old Babes in the Wood: Stories

<b>A dazzling collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> and <i>The Testaments</i>, stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together</b><br /><br />Margaret Atwood has established herself as one of the most visionary and canonical authors in the world. This collection of fifteen extraordinary stories--some of which have appeared in <i>The New Yorker </i>and <i>The New York Times Magazine</i>--explore the full warp and weft of experience, speaking to our unique times with Atwood's characteristic insight, wit and intellect.<br /><br />The two intrepid sisters of the title story grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; "Impatient Griselda" explores alienation and miscommunication with a fresh twist on a folkloric classic; and "My Evil Mother" touches on the fantastical, examining a mother-daughter relationship in which the mother purports to be a witch. At the heart of the collection are seven extraordinary stories that follow a married couple across the decades, the moments big and small that make up a long life of uncommon love--and what comes after.<br /><br />Returning to short fiction for the first time since her 2014 collection <i>Stone Mattress, </i> Atwood showcases both her creativity and her humanity in these remarkable tales which by turns delight, illuminate, and quietly devastate.