THE RED SHOES, Margaret Atwood Starting Out, by Rosemary Sullivan (1998 1st Ed.)

Author: Rosemary Sullivan. Published by HarperCollins Books, Toronto, ON., 1998, 1st Edition. Printed in USA. Almost New Condition HARDCOVER Book, with minor handling. Very Good Condition Dust Jacket, with minor age-yellowing and handling wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9.5 x 6.5 inch, 359 pages including index.

THE RED SHOES, Margaret Atwood Starting Out, by Rosemary Sullivan, is a stunning blend of narrative and meditation, of discovery and insight, The Red Shoes is a major portrait of one of Canada’s most provocative writers, and has been a national best seller.

In the 1940s film The Red Shoes, a beautiful ballerina commits suicide when her life forces her to choose between art and love. Margaret Atwood remembers being devastated by this movie as a young girl, but unlike many of her contemporaries, she came to reject its underlying message. How did Atwood, in those pre-feminist days, find courage and confidence to believe in herself? In The Red Shoes, award-winning biographer and poet Rosemary Sullivan explores the unfolding of a remarkable writer’s career. She focuses on Atwood’s formative years through to the late 1970s when the major elements of Atwood’s life—the publication of Surfacing, Power Politics, and The Edible Woman, the relationship with writer Graeme Gibson, the birth of a daughter, the focus on Canadian culture—are set in place. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rosemary Sullivan is the author of fifteen books in the multiple genres of biography, memoir, poetry, travelogue, and short fiction. In 2012 Sullivan became an Officer of the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture.

For more info on this Author, please see: Personal Life – Rosemary Sullivan