Marian edits surveys. She makes sure that the questions result useful answers. Meanwhile she deals with the questions of love, marriage and babies.
As Margaret Atwood’s first novel, published in 1969, it doesn’t feel as dated as I feel it ought to.
Whilst this book wasn’t as gripping, or as horrifying as The Handmaid’s Tale, which is the only other Margaret Atwood book I’ve read, it subtly got to me. Like The Handmaid’s Tale, it makes you question your own beliefs and values, but I think it was somehow more personal. It felt written for confused 20-something women.
It seems right that I should read The Edible Woman before embarking on survey work as part of my life’s monotonous 9-5 routine. In all honesty I’m quite intrigued by the challenge, but I can see how on repeat it could easily become deliriously dull.
As a side note, The Handmaid’s Tale is horrifying, but certainly worth a read.
Bought in a charity shop after enjoying The Handmaids Tale also by Margaret Atwood.