The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood

The Edible Woman by Margaret AtwoodBy the author of The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments and Alias Grace 'Clara', she said, 'do you think I'm normal?' 'I'd say you're almost abnormally normal, if you know what I mean.' Marian is determinedly ordinary, waiting to get married. She likes her work, her broody flatmate and her sober fianc Peter. All goes well at first, but Marian has reckoned without an inner self that wants something more, that calmly sabotages her careful plans, her stable

Eight women

until one morning when they both wake up to the same message: 'Oh my god

the book profiles the people who are doing ground-breaking

Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star

a Lithuanian Jewish family who become part of the fabric of Dublin

A promise to stay together

half-animal horror that patrol its corridors

heat exhaustion

With practical and actionable advice throughout

and Jill and her friends now found their formerly carefree existence under threat

Nelson Mandela's consoling his children from prison

A love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion