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June’s blue irises, written in The Handmaid’s Tale, is a picture frame suspended on the wall of her room. (Atwood, p. 13) This link connects to Van Gogh’s painting of blue flowers. Her thoughts are intermingled with memories of her old life. Her relationship with Luke didn’t work out. If you buy from these weblinks,…
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Atwood’s office clothes: When Margaret Atwood was working in a product research company, she wore a blouse and skirt, help up by a garter belt. She covered her legs with stockings. She wore medium high heels because she didn’t wish for her feet to hurt at the end of the work day. This was described…
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Cora, also spelled Kora, Korra or Kore, is an honorable name. It means good, virtuous, honest and fair. Some. companies choose to use a feminine name, like Cora, to induce associations of being just, and having good qualities. Cora is a version of the Greek name Persephone, a goddess in Greek mythology. She is the…
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The Handmaid’s Tale is fiction After The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1985, Margaret Atwood was asked by a man in the audience of a book event, whether this novel was autobiographical. She replied in the negative. (Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts, p. xiv) She told the man that the book was set…
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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…