BY THE ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF THE HANDMAID'S TALE Sometimes I whisper it over to myself:
Murderess. Murderess. It rustles like a taffeta skirt along the floor. Grace Marks. Female
fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and unwilling victim? Around the true story of one of the most
enigmatic and notorious women of the 1840s Margaret Atwood has created an extraordinarily
potent tale of sexuality cruelty and mystery. 'Brilliant . . . Atwood's prose is searching.
So intimate it seems to be written on the skin' HILARY MANTEL 'The outstanding novelist of
our age' SUNDAY TIMES 'A sensuous perplexing book at once sinister and dignified grubby
and gorgeous panoramic yet specific . . . I don't think I have ever been so thrilled'
INDEPENDENT
