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The Edible Woman
by Margaret Atwood
Set in the late 60s, The Edible Woman is kinda like if Peggy Olson moved to Toronto, worked in product testing, then got engaged to Pete Campbell--so no wonder the protagonist Marion goes on hunger strike.
Atwood has long been my favorite, so I mostly picked this up out of author stalking, to see what her first novel was like. I don't know what devil she paid off, but she has this knack for finding the tiny drama in every moment through a combo of plot and language.
That being said, The Edible Woman won't be my new favorite Atwood book. Still, I was surprised by the contemporariness of the read. If Atwood hadn't gone on to write powerhouse novels such as The Blind Assassin and The Handmaid's Tale (among others!), this book would probably be a feminist classic. Yes, the oppressive expectation of marriage has (kinda) changed --but the fundamental consumption of women by men remains.
***I finished this book just as saw that Elizabeth Moth will be the new Offred. Fitting!
Atwood has long been my favorite, so I mostly picked this up out of author stalking, to see what her first novel was like. I don't know what devil she paid off, but she has this knack for finding the tiny drama in every moment through a combo of plot and language.
That being said, The Edible Woman won't be my new favorite Atwood book. Still, I was surprised by the contemporariness of the read. If Atwood hadn't gone on to write powerhouse novels such as The Blind Assassin and The Handmaid's Tale (among others!), this book would probably be a feminist classic. Yes, the oppressive expectation of marriage has (kinda) changed --but the fundamental consumption of women by men remains.
***I finished this book just as saw that Elizabeth Moth will be the new Offred. Fitting!