The Edible Woman

By: Margaret Atwood

Narrated by: Lorelei King

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 desire to be consumed.

©1980 Margaret Atwood (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

How things work themselves out.

Just wanted to go on a little longer! The ending was the beginning of a new chapter..

Hilarious

Will have you guessing, reflecting, and laughing all throughout, never sure of what your narrator will do next.

Atwood, right? LoreleiKing, right? Should be great, right?

Read the story. Do not listen to it. If you have to listen, do not listen to this version. Atwood's first big piece comes off disjointed and hard to see the growth of overarching themes in Lorelei King's goofy read. There are moments when, as a woman, you know you have bern there and felt that but this read aloud/ act aloud makes Atwood seem trite and the story inconsequential -- and it isn't.

100% Atwood but early

Atwood remarks in the foreword that she hadn’t published this early work when it was written and decided to later. I adore Atwood but this one never really went anywhere. It was a slice of life but not really equal to her other work.

Well written

I found it interesting, but anti climatic. The characters were well rounded and the voice acting was very well done.