The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Category: General Fiction

Tags: General Fiction, Contemporary, Adults

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group Release date: August 2, 2011 Duration: 20:12:42, Margaret Atwoods The Robber Bride is inspired by The Robber Bridegroom, a wonderfully grisly tale from the Brothers Grimm in which an evil groom lures three maidens into his lair and devours them, one by one., Set in contemporary Toronto, The Robber Bride revolves around the lives of three fascinating women. Classmates from university, Roz, Charis, and Tony all shared the seductive and destructive experience of a past friendship with the flashy, sensuous, smart, irresistible Zenia., As the novel opens, they are twenty years past their college days and have met at Zanias funeral, but at lunch, after the funeral, they spot Zenia Zenia, the man-eating manipulator. They are almost literally hauntedshe has reappeared to wreak havoc on their settled middle-aged lives., The story jumps back and forth in time, so listeners get to hear Zenias past exploits and present-day psychological tortur