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Book of Lives

A Memoir of Sorts
By Margaret Atwood
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The story behind the stories, the life behind the art – the riotous, wise and revealing memoir from the cultural icon of our age. The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Fat and satisfying' – Observer 'I loved it' – Dua Lipa 'Deliciously naughty' – iNews 'Beautifully told' –... Read More
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The story behind the stories, the life behind the art – the riotous, wise and revealing memoir from the cultural icon of our age.

The Sunday Times Bestseller

'Fat and satisfying' – Observer

'I loved it' – Dua Lipa

'Deliciously naughty' – iNews

'Beautifully told' – Woman & Home

'Spellbinding' – FT

Book of the Year – Guardian, Financial Times, Observer, Belfast Telegraph

Immerse yourself in the creative universe of Margaret Atwood for a riot of life, art and everything in between.

Raised by scientifically minded parents, Atwood spent most of each year in the wild forests of northern Quebec – a vast playground for her entomologist father and independent, resourceful mother. It was an unfettered and nomadic childhood, sometimes isolated but also thrilling and beautiful.

From this unconventional start, Atwood unfolds the story of her life, linking key moments to the books that have shaped our literary landscape, from the cruel school year that would become Cat's Eye to the unease of 1980s Berlin, where she began The Handmaid's Tale. In pages alive with the natural world, reading and books, major political turning points and her lifelong love for the charismatic writer Graeme Gibson, we meet poets, bears, Hollywood stars, and larger-than-life characters straight from the pages of an Atwood novel.

As she explores her past, Atwood reveals more and more about her writing, the connections between real life and art – and the workings of one of our boldest imaginations.

Top ten Sunday Times bestseller week of 22 November 2025

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529967166

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 35.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 500g

Pages: 624

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About the Author

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 was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections Dearly and Paper Boat; Burning Questions, a selection of essays; Old Babes in the Wood, a volume of short stories; and Book of Lives, her memoir. Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

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