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Wilderness Tips
Wilderness Tips | Margaret Atwood
In each of these tales Margaret Atwood deftly illuminates the single instant that shapes a whole life: in a few brief pages we watch as characters progress from the vulnerabilities of adolescence through the passions of youth into the precarious complexities of middle age. By superimposing the past on the present, Atwood paints interior landscapes shaped by time, regret, and life's lost chances, endowing even the banal with a sense of mystery. Richly layered and disturbing, poignant at times and scathingly witty at others, the stories in Wilderness Tips take us into the strange and secret places of the heart and inform the familiar world in which we live with truths that cut to the bone. Margaret Atwood is the author of over twenty-five books, including fiction, poetry, and essays. Among her most recent works are the bestselling novels Alias Grace and The Robber Bride and the collections Wilderness Tips and Good Bones and Simple Murders. She lives in Toronto. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Lcsmcat
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Number 6 for#24in2024, this is another set of short stories full of Atwood‘s mischievous humor and prescient insights. Loved it!

Jas16 6! That is incredible! 8mo
Lcsmcat @Jas16 I front-loaded it with books I knew I‘d get through so if I get distracted later in the year I can still make it. 😀 8mo
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Lcsmcat
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“Roughing it builds a boy‘s character, but only certain kinds of roughing it.”

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plemmdog
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Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid's Tale, turns 84 today.

"Canadians are fond of a good disaster, especially if it has ice, water, or snow in it. You thought the national flag was about a leaf, didn't you? Look harder. It's where someone got axed in the snow."

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Shemac77
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Fantastic. Short stories are underrated.

JenReadsAlot Beautiful! 2y
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Shemac77
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Haven‘t read as much Atwood as I want; time to remedy.

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Lcsmcat
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Half my order from #BetterWorldBooks came today! The short stories are TBR; The Year of the Flood, I read my daughter‘s copy. Now I have my own for rereads! #bookmail #MargaretAtwood

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Emilymdxn
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I always love Margaret Atwood‘s short stories and this was no exception. It felt more down to earth than some of her others, more anchored in the real world in lives that felt very recognisably close by. Not my fave book of hers but I really loved it. She creates this quiet sense of menace in very normal situations so so so well, I really recommend it.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“The waitresses are basking in the sun like a herd of skinned seals, their pinky-brown bodies shining with oil.”

Interesting #openingline 🤣🙃 #Marchinbooks

#theliteraryladies #LMPBC

PandaPanda Great pic!! You make my book look much better than I could! 7y
HotMessJess Hahahaha 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @PandaPanda can‘t wait to get into it good!!! 7y
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maich Pretty❤ 7y
Cinfhen Gorgeous photo 😍 7y
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shendrix413
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Not my favorite Atwood, but I still enjoyed it. I liked how the tone and speed changed from story to story. How the story could be serious, but still make me laugh. Atwood continues to be my favorite author
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#LMPBC #groupN
@Tiffy_Reads @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @PandaPanda

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Looking forward to it!!! 📚 7y
PandaPanda Agreed! I definitely liked some stories better than others 7y
BookaholicNatty @shendrix413 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @PandaPanda @Tiffy_Reads awwww y‘all got a good group there!!!! So fun!!! ❤️❤️ (edited) 7y
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BibliophileMomma Can‘t wait to finish my current one and then we start round 2! @PandaPanda @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @shendrix413 Wonder if we should change our hashtag to something else since the #lmpbc is continuing on and there‘s a new N. Lol 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Tiffy_Reads can‘t wait too!! I was wondering that!! 🤔🤔 We need a cool name! 7y
shendrix413 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @PandaPanda @Tiffy_Reads Yes! A cool name!!! ❤️ I'll get it in the mail soon and start Turtles! 7y
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Joanne1
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I love a good #short story but they can be hard to find. This is one of my favourite collections. I love more recommendations.
#reindeerreads
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bedandabook I haven‘t read these short stories, and I‘m a massive Atwood fan so thank you. My favourite collection is by Jhumpa Lahiri and is so thought-provoking and beautifully written 7y
MommyWantsToReadHerBook @Joanne1 I don't know this one, will have to keep an eye out! 7y
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PandaPanda
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I really enjoyed this short story collection. In true Atwood fashion all the stories really touched on different aspects, more often than not painful, of being a women.

@Tiffy_Reads I'm going to the post office right now to send this your way for #LMPBC, I'm so sorry for the delay!

BibliophileMomma No worries! 7y
PandaPanda @Tiffy_Reads did this get to you yet? 7y
BibliophileMomma Nope not yet! 7y
PandaPanda @Tiffy_Reads oh no! I'm getting concerned. If it's not there by next week let me know I can get you a new one or something. 7y
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PandaPanda
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Hey @Tiffy_Reads! I just realized I'm not going to be able to mail you my #LMPBC till Monday! My apologies for the delay - I'm going to Canada tomorrow through the weekend!

BibliophileMomma No worries!! 7y
ChasingOm I‘m mailing out your next #readersgonnaread tomorrow; maybe it‘ll be there when you get home! 😄 7y
PandaPanda @ChasingOm yay!! I can't believe it's already December! 7y
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PandaPanda
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#ForReasonsUnknown I have still not finished a book this month. Maybe this wonderful short story collection for #LMPBC #N will be the first!

#TuneIntoNovember @Cinfhen @Robothugs

Balibee146 Love this one! 7y
Cinfhen I'm having a slow month too, but it's fine because I'm reading some good books 7y
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ValerieAndBooks
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Took books in to donate (quite a few) to the used bookstore that benefits the local Senior Center. Discovered they've added another day (so it's now Th, F, Sat) to their weekly fill-a-bag sales, for $17+tax per bag 😳. This is what I brought home 🙈. I'm excited that I found the two Pyms in the same cover editions of what I already have of hers!

kspenmoll Great haul!!! 7y
LauraBeth Nice! 7y
LeahBergen I just bought those Pyms, too! 7y
Leftcoastzen Nice Stuff! 7y
DebinHawaii Nice haul!! 📚👍 7y
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Moray_Reads
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Margaret Atwood writes a brilliant #unreliablenarrator, there's always a sense they might be deceiving you. And Group Portrait had so many narrators that contradict themselves and each other that Böll has really raised the genre to an art form #maybookflowers

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Ubookquitous
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#signedsunday
Had this signed at the inaugural Humber College Writer's Workshop where she was one of the faculty.

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Moray_Reads
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Ooh, this is a smart collection. Margaret Atwood at her most acerbic uses (mostly) female narrators to skewer ambition, insecurity, and identity, the masks that people wear and what happens when they slip. My favourites were The Age of Lead, Weight and Wilderness Tips.

Michelle_mck That blanket! 8y
Moray_Reads @Michelle_mck It's actually a cushion, I came down with crochet fatigue before I could make it big enough for a blanket! 😂 Thanks though 💕 8y
celtichik That cushion 8y
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cathysaid I wonder how many of us bibliophiles are also knitters/crocheters? 8y
Moray_Reads @cathysaid the two do seen to go together 8y
Michelle_mck Cushion still incredible - i have pinned that pattern many times but have yet to give it a go. My granny square blanket took me 3 years to finish 8y
Moray_Reads @Michelle_mck I know how you feel. This was my first crochet project and it was DEFINITELY to ambitious to go for a blanket. I still have leftover squares! 8y
CrowCAH @Moray_Reads the crochet pillow is amazing! I crochet, but have not done anything so ambitious. 8y
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Foragingfantasy
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My oldest boy picked these for me while we waited for the bus this morning. It's the little things. ❤️

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shawnmooney
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MrBook Nice! 8y
Jillsandypants That's awesome! 8y
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JordanRo
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One of the best books I've ever read by one of my favorite authors. I rarely like short stories but this book changed my mind. If you only read Hairball it's worth the purchase. Really a wonderfully collection and all the main characters a strong alpha women.