Author: Margaret Atwood. Published by McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, ON., 1996, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER Book, with several round, clear spots on top page-edge. Like New Condition Dust Jacket. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.5 x 6.5 inch, 470 pages.
ALIAS GRACE, is a captivating and disturbing novel, and showcases best-selling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.
It's 1843, and Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer and his housekeeper and mistress. Some believe Grace is innocent; others think her evil or insane. Now serving a life sentence, Grace claims to have no memory of the murders. An up-and-coming expert in the burgeoning field of mental illness is engaged by a group of reformers and spiritualists who seek a pardon for Grace. He listens to her story while bringing her closer and closer to the day she cannot remember. What will he find in attempting to unlock her memories?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.
