Tag: A memoir of sorts
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Margaret Atwood’s school mate had her pet cat which gave birth to a litter of kittens and she gave Margaret a kitten. (Atwood, p. 72) What did Atwood name her kitten? She called it Perky, short for Percolator. What happened to Perky? Before Atwood’s younger sister Ruth was born, her parents got rid of Perky.…
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Carl Atwood fell for Margaret Killam When Carl Atwood first saw Margaret Killam sliding down the main bannister of Truro normal school, he felt he had found his wife. (Atwood, p. 8) By the way, for those who are unaware, the author Margaret’s parents named her after her mother and grandmother. He knew his job,…
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What did Margaret’s parents do for entertainment? Her parents, Carl Atwood and Margaret Killam Atwood, used leftover money from their monthly budget, to buy a pair of movie tickets to see a show once a month. Sometimes, they used entertainment money to buy a box of Laura Secord chocolates. Every piece of chocolate in the…
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Margaret Atwood’s maternal grandfather was Dr H Killam. He called cigarettes as “coffin nails”, long before medical science linked them to diseases. This is my book: This is Amazon’s book for sale; If you buy something from this weblink, I may earn a small commission. Related post:
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Sandra Sanders was Margaret Atwood’s first business partner. Sandra used to belong to a group of girls who targeted Margaret to tease and bully her. Until one day, Margaret decided to avoid them. Later, Margaret met Sandra again. By then, Margaret was enterprising and staging puppet shows and hosting children’s birthday parties, to earn some…
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Margaret Atwood’s partner in pranks at Camp White Pine was Beryl Fox. She wrote about this in Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts. Beryl and Margaret played pranks at Camp White Pine, in the 1950s. They used to glue the staff’s shoes to the floor.The door knobs were lathered with showering form so that…
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Two members of the Student Parliament taught Margaret Atwood how to vote Stephen Lewis and Gerry Caplan taught Margaret Atwood how to vote, in a humorous way. They told Atwood to follow their example and raise her hand, when they raised theirs. This happened when Atwood was a university student. This incident was written in…
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Margaret Atwood’s left ring finger was almost hacked off by a hatchet. She wrote that it was a rainy day in Camp White Pine and she was using a hatchet when she accidentally chopped at her left ring finger. It was left dangling by a thread (of skin?). A nurse at the Camp sewed her…
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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…