Tag: Margaret “Peggy” Atwood


  • Anna’s Pet, a children’s book, is by Margaret Atwood and her maternal aunt, Joyce Barkhouse. The illustrator is Ann Blades. Atwood was around 41 years old when Anna’s Pet was published in 1980. Joyce Barkhouse is Margaret’s mother’s youngest sister. Her maiden name is Joyce Killam. She uses her pen name, Joyce Barkhouse, to publish…

  • Margaret “Peggy” Atwood wrote about the foods she ate in her biography, Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts. She ate foods that were grown, caught, cooked/ made or store bought. When Peggy was very young, she ate vegetables and fruit that were grown or sourced by her parents. Peggy ate what her parents grew…