Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
2025 memoir by Margaret Atwood
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Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts is a 2025 memoir by Margaret Atwood. It was published by McClelland & Stewart in November 2025. It is 599 pages in length.[1]
First edition | |
| Author | Margaret Atwood |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | McClelland & Stewart |
| Publication date | November 2025 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| Pages | 599 |
| ISBN | 9780771096433 |
The book received enthusiastic reviews. Writing in The Guardian, Blake Morrison praised Atwood's "many selves she unveils here in a "blizzard" of memories and photos: nerdy brainiac, waifish poet, Medusa-eyed feminist, uncanny prophet and one of the great novelists of our time".[2] Dwight Garner's review in The New York Times noted Atwood's two "topics that overlap like the circles in a Venn diagram"; her love of nature and her interest in "tarot cards, palm readings, exorcisms, ghost sightings and horoscopes". He describes the book as a "a vessel of wrath — and wrath is interesting".[3]