Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
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| Author | Margaret Atwood |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Memoir |
| Publisher | Chatto & Windus |
Publication date | November 2025 |
| Pages | 624 |
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts is a 2025 memoir by Margaret Atwood. It will be published by Chatto & Windus in November 2025. It is 624 pages in length.[1]
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]
References
- ^ Allardice, Lisa (1 November 2025). "'It is the scariest of times': Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ Morrison, Blake (3 November 2025). "Book of Lives by Margaret Atwood review – the great novelist reveals her hidden side". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
- ^ Garner, Dwight (3 November 2025). "Margaret Atwood Leans Into Her Dark Side in a New Memoir". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2025. Retrieved 7 November 2025.