(Borrowed from Jackson Heights Library): Margaret Atwood's collection of stories follow new patterns. The contents consist of a group of tales about an elderly couple Tig and Nell at the beginning and at the end (the latter stories follow Nell's journey through widowhood, all very touching). In between are a series of unrelated stories with an undertone of fantasy and fairy tales (hence the title, I guess). My Evil Mother reminded me of a more mature version of the 1960s sitcom Bewitched with a woman recounting growing up with an eccentric mother who claimed to be a sorceress. Freeforall is a sort of gender-reversed Handmaid's Tale with a matriarchy victimizing fertile young boys. In The Dead Interview, Atwood talks with the ghost of George Orwell during a seance. A snail is reincarnated in the body of a woman in Metempsychosis or The Journey of the Soul. I've read a lot of Atwood's books and this one was fun and moving.
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