‘Alias Grace’ Margaret Atwood
Reading Time: < 1 minute
I was hooked from the start and remained so for all of the book’s 467 pages.
The story is set in mid-to-late 19th-century Ontario, and revolves around Grace, a 16 year old girl, who is convicted of murder. As the Author explains in her Afterword, the book is based on actual events. In large part, the story is narrated by Grace and a Neuro-Psychiatrist assigned to assess her and prepare a report for a petition to have her pardoned.
It is an engrossing and entertaining page-turner. Additionally, as we have come to expect from Margaret Atwood, the book is also a thought provoking exploration of larger social and interpersonal issues, that are just as relevant today.
I just finished reading Margaret Atwood’s latest, as-ever fine, and perhaps most accessible book, Alias Grace.
I was hooked from the start and remained so for all of the book’s 467 pages.
The story is set in mid-to-late 19th-century Ontario, and revolves around Grace, a 16 year old girl, who is convicted of murder. As the Author explains in her Afterword, the book is based on actual events. In large part, the story is narrated by Grace and a Neuro-Psychiatrist assigned to assess her and prepare a report for a petition to have her pardoned.
It is an engrossing and entertaining page-turner. Additionally, as we have come to expect from Margaret Atwood, the book is also a thought provoking exploration of larger social and interpersonal issues, that are just as relevant today.
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