The Edible Woman

by Margaret Atwood

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace

Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach ... The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women, and desire to be consumed.
'Margaret Atwood not only has a sense of humour, she has wit and style in abundance ... a joy to read' Good Housekeeping
'Written with a brilliant angry energy' Observer
'A witty, elegant, generous and patient writer' Punch

• ISBN10: 0771091931
• ISBN13: 9780771091933
• Publish Date: 1 January 1973 (first published August 1969)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 13 March 2021
• Imprint: New Canadian Library
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Language: English

Reviews

[adastra]

Usually I'm apprehensive to anything that remotely resembles "chick lit", but as I soon learned, Margaret Atwood is something completely different. I have already read "The Handmaid's Tale", which I thought was brilliant - another reason why I chose to check out more stuff by Ms. Atwood.

This is a very ruminative story in a Mad Men-esque setting about how women are consumed by men back in the day (very much a product of its time).

I personally enjoyed the Toronto setting, even though the name of the city is never mentioned.