Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancé and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach... The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women, and the desire to be consumed.
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[I know I was all right on Friday when I got up; if anything I was feeling more solid than usual]***
(Virago, 28 June 2012, 354 pages, ebook, #popsugarreadingchallenge 2019, a book with an item of clothing or an accessory on the cover, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I had such a good time reading this. Atwood is one of my favourite writers and I'm gradually working through her back catalogue. Marian is a great character the kind of woman I can picture myself being friends with. I love first person narrators when they work well. Atwood ticks all the boxes here. Marian's behaviour gets more and more disturbing as her wedding looms. This is very different to Atwood's later books. The book starts off quite gentle and becomes increasingly creepy. This is her first novel which I had no idea until I started to read it. The book is very slow at first following Marian through her dull and perfectly normal life until she gradually begins to lose her grip. Still, this is a powerful book about women and their relationships with food and the people in their life. The ending is a bit crazy and so Atwood.
