A stunning collection of short stories from the internationally renowned award-winning author of the iconic works The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments. Stories that explore the core of family, relationships, marriage, loss, and memory, as well as what it means to share your entire life with someone.

In these fifteen exceptional stories, Margaret Atwood unravels the thread of human experience, engaging with our contemporary era, with her characteristic penetrating spirit and subversive humor.

In the story that gives its title to the collection, two sisters, twins, grapple with loss and memory on a perfect summer evening; in "Impatient Grizelda," a variation on a classic myth, alienation and poor communication are explored; at the center of the story "My Devilish Mother" is the mother-daughter relationship when the mother claims to be a witch. However, the heart of the collection lies in the seven stories that follow a married couple over many decades, capturing their moments, both big and small, that constitute a unique love story – but also what happens next.

This collection marks Atwood's return to the short form after 2014 and is a striking testament to her creativity and humanity, as it offers us stories that entertain, enlighten, and quietly devastate.