The Robber Bride

By Margaret Atwood

The Robber Bride - Margaret Atwood
  • Release Date: 1993-10-01
  • Genre: Fiction & Literature
Score: 4
4
From 59 Ratings

Description

From the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments—one of Margaret Atwood’s most unforgettable characters lurks at the center of this intricate novel like a spider in a web. The glamorous, irresistible, unscrupulous Zenia is nothing less than a fairy-tale villain in the memories of her former friends.

Roz, Charis, and Tony—university classmates decades ago—were reunited at Zenia’s funeral and have met monthly for lunch ever since, obsessively retracing the destructive swath she once cut through their lives. A brilliantly inventive fabulist, Zenia had a talent for exploiting her friends’ weaknesses, wielding intimacy as a weapon and cheating them of money, time, sympathy, and men.

But one day, five years after her funeral, they are shocked to catch sight of Zenia: even her death appears to have been yet another fiction. As the three women plot to confront their larger-than-life nemesis, Atwood proves herself a gleefully acute observer of the treacherous shoals of friendship, trust, desire, and power.

Reviews

  • Insightful

    4
    By Dwardeng
    We all know somebody like Zenia, so the novel is very real in that aspect and relatable. A good read, especially for women.
  • Beautiful book.

    5
    By HazyRigby
    This is a well-written, entertaining, thoughtful read. One of my all-time favorites.