# Alias Grace - Paperback

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by **Margaret Atwood** (Author)

**The bestselling author of _The Handmaid's Tale_ and _The Testaments_ reveals the life of one of the most notorious women of the nineteenth century in this "shadowy, fascinating novel" (_Time_). - A Netflix original miniseries.  
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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?

Captivating and disturbing, _Alias Grace_ showcases bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author Margaret Atwood at the peak of her powers.

### Front Jacket

In "Alias Grace, bestselling author Margaret Atwood has written her most captivating, disturbing, and ultimately satisfying work since "The Handmaid's Tale. She takes us back in time and into the life of one of the most enigmatic and notorious women of the nineteenth century.  
Grace Marks has been convicted for her involvement in the vicious murders of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and Nancy Montgomery, 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.  
Dr. Simon Jordan, 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? Is Grace a female fiend? A bloodthirsty femme fatale? Or is she the victim of circumstances?

### Author Biography

**Margaret Atwood** is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include _Cat's Eye_, _The Robber Bride_, _Alias Grace_, _The Blind Assassin_, and the _MaddAddam_ trilogy. Her 1985 classic, _The Handmaid's Tale_, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, _The Testaments_, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. In 2020 she published _Dearly_, her first collection of poetry for a decade.

Atwood has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019 she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.

**Number of Pages:** 480

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN

**Publication Date:** October 13, 1997

**Award:** International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1998)

**Award:** Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (1997)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Alias Grace

**Interest Level:** Upper Grades, 9-12

**Reading Level:** 6.9

**Point Value:** 28

## Details

- **Price:** 26.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Crime, Fiction, Historical, Price Written on Book, Suspense, Thrillers

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