Category: Book Reviews
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What was Margaret Atwood’s dream of green bedspread? Margaret Atwood rented a two bedder apartment at Point Grey. The sole bed was covered by a slippery, aqua-green satin. It was a remnant from the early 1950s trend. Atwood wrote in her Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts, that she dreamed about this bedspread. In…
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Margaret Atwood’s dad probably has prior knowledge of building cabins. We can learn how to build log cabins by reading a book. This is the most popular and widely purchased book on Amazon, as of Jan 1 2026. Prefab cabin link. I read about Margaret’s dad, Carl Atwood, building cabins and houses, in rural areas,…
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In her Book Of Lives, Margaret Atwood said she learned tap dance from Miss Pickering. (Atwood, p. 42) Children who are lucky enough, may have access to a teacher who can teach tap dancing, while in school. For those of us who wish to learn, we can search for a dance school. Or we can…
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In Margaret Atwood’s Book Of Lives A Memoir Of Sorts, she wrote about her sewing projects. Atwood was creative as a teen, sewing her own clothes. She once sewed a short, yellow woolly jacket with patch pockets and handmade buttons. (Atwood, p. 91) You can make your own color matching buttons to accessorize with your…
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Carl Atwood specialized in “three insects that caused large boreal-forest infestations – spruce budworm, eastern tent caterpillar, and sawfly …” (Atwood, p. 24) Margaret Atwood wrote her Book Of Lives, a memoir, to talk about her grandparents, parents, brother, sister-in-law, sister, teachers, the publishing industry, friends, enemies, boyfriends, ex-husband and partner. It is a very…
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This is what Margaret Atwood said in her Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts: “As I revisit my writing past, I’ve been having strange dreams. I’ve been conversing with the dead: the benevolent dead, mostly” (Atwood, p. xxi) It is a very interesting book. This is my copy. Amazon sells it: If you buy…
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The quote is “People who have been traumatised speak with their bodies with silence.” (Gros, p. 69) If you have experienced this, you get it immediately. For the rest, some description is needed. Imagine a person being manipulated with gaslighting. A group is at hand to send boos and boost the leader of this show.…