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My Evil Mother: A Short Story Kindle Edition

by Margaret Atwood (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 27,936 ratings
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A #1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

A bittersweet short story about mothers, daughters, and the witches’ brew of love—and control—that binds them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments.

Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed. But as the daughter of this bewitching homemaker comes of age and her mother’s claims become more and more outlandish, she begins to question everything she once took for granted.

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    April 1 2022
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  1. “You were such a sensitive child. So easily wounded. So I told you those things. I didn’t want you to feel defenseless in the face of life. Life can be harsh. I wanted you to feel protected, and to know that there was a greater power watching over you. That the Universe was taking a personal interest.”
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  2. The protector was her, the greater power was her, the Universe that took an interest was her as well; always her. “I love you,” I said.
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  3. “It’s hard living with someone who’s always right. Even when it turned out that she was. It can be . . . alarming.”
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Margaret Atwood is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, critical essays, and graphic novels, including The Handmaid’s Tale and its sequel, The Testaments, cowinner of the 2019 Booker Prize. Among her other numerous awards: the Franz Kafka International Literary Prize, the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Los Angeles Times Innovator’s Award. She lives in Toronto.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09T971KPQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Amazon Original Stories (April 1 2022)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5951 KB
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Margaret Atwood

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Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, went back into the bestseller charts with the election of Donald Trump, when the Handmaids became a symbol of resistance against the disempowerment of women, and with the 2017 release of the award-winning Channel 4 TV series. ‘Her sequel, The Testaments, was published in 2019. It was an instant international bestseller and won the Booker Prize.’

Atwood has won numerous awards including the Booker Prize, the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade and the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

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Linda
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable story
Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2024
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Very cool short story. It kept me interested to the very last page. Margret Atwood you are a genius and have never disappointed. Thanks
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Lisa
4.0 out of 5 stars Good fast reading
Reviewed in Canada on November 14, 2023
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I thought it was a cute story with a satisfying ending. The storyline was intriguing and kept me engaged throughout every page. It was a good read for me because it was fast-paced, so I felt accomplished when it was completed.
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Diny
5.0 out of 5 stars my evil mother
Reviewed in Canada on January 14, 2024
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Margaret Atwood truly deserves every award she has been given and nominated for. I am in awe of her talents. She is a true inspiration!
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fredamans
3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5/5
Reviewed in Canada on April 12, 2022
I'm wasn't going into this read with any expectations. Just the title intrigued me, so I grabbed it.
I'm glad I did too! It was a neat little story about a girl who's mom is a witch. As much as I would like to deny it, I connected to this story in so many ways. My mother is not a witch, but carries some of the same attributes. I empathized on so many levels.
It could've been longer and had more to it at the same time though.
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Maureen Farrell
5.0 out of 5 stars A whimsical, feminist romp!
Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2023
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A very enchanting story for women of all ages; a witchy tale that left me laughing. Very unexpected (as usual).
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Jennywrenn22
4.0 out of 5 stars loved this
Reviewed in Canada on October 13, 2022
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Super cute story. I loved the outrageousness of it all and the way the relationships ebbed and flowed between mother and daughter. I would recommend.
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Sue Goold
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything, and nothing, that I expected!
Reviewed in Canada on July 13, 2022
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As the story opens I gain a sense of the destination looming in the background. I’m wrong, but in the very best of ways- and therein lies the magic of Atwood. A narrative that one can repeat to oneself, a mantra perhaps, that is at once a story of great love and the kind of magic that women have shared for millennia.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Cool little short read
Reviewed in Canada on November 29, 2022
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Margaret Atwood is one of my FAV authors. This was a good little short story. Only compliant is I wanted this to be an actual book cause I know she would have blown it out of the water! Recommended.
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alexandra
5.0 out of 5 stars fun
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2024
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Well written it was a very fun short story . Would have loved to known more , they were very fun characters.
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Cliente Kindle
5.0 out of 5 stars Leitura agradável
Reviewed in Brazil on December 1, 2022
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É um texto bem escrito sobre as nuances do relacionamento mãe e filha. A forma que ele está escrito te prende do início ao fim. Não é uma leitura pesada. E o fim é bem característico.
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Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2024
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I enjoyed reading this book very much. Especially when it was written by Margaret Atwood. It was a lovely short story
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Smitha vishwanath
5.0 out of 5 stars Thoroughly enjoyed this book
Reviewed in India on June 24, 2023
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Margaret Atwood’s storytelling is magical, her writing luxurious and witty. This was a beautiful story of mothers and teenage daughters and how at a certain age, most daughters believe their mothers to be ‘evil’.
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Leselustig
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Wicked
Reviewed in Germany on March 10, 2023
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Love this story, she‘s just the best!
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