Lady Oracle
From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identities. She decides to escape to an Italian hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organise her own death
From fat girl to thin, from red hair to mud brown, from London to Toronto, from Polish count to radical husband - Joan Foster is utterly confused by her life of multiple identities. She decides to escape to an Italian hill town to take stock of her life. But first, she must organise her own death
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Format: Audible Audio Edition
ASIN: B0054QOS44
Publish date: 2009-11-12
Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
Edition language: English
Not my favourite and so many years since I read it there were only a very few pages I had any memory of. Still a really interesting read and mixes so many different genre styles and themes, covert as well as overt! I read this really quickly so I obviously found it hard to put down. However at botto...
I love this book as much as Cat's Eye even though I can only give it 4stars. I believe this one is even better because it has humorous sides whereas cat's eye is mainly grey and gloomy.
I remember liking this book when I first read it, but honestly couldn't tell you what it was about, which just goes to show how much it stuck with me.
[These notes were made in 1982:]. Although still contemptuous of Canadian literature in general (old habits die hard), I find I begin to appreciate certain particular authors, and Margaret Atwood is definitely one of them. She has the uncanny knack of making each of her novels seem autobiographical...