Cut and Thirst: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood | Best-selling, 1-hour Read | #Revenge #Friendship #Mystery
First Thoughts:
“Cut and Thirst” offers a glimpse into the minds and lives of seasoned women writers, showcasing their wit, resilience, and willingness to go to extremes for justice. But does revenge truly satisfy? Dive into this witty mystery to see how far these ladies will go and whether it’s all worth it in the end.
Book Details
Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood was released on May 1, 2024, and offered as a free bonus book along with my Amazon Prime First Read in April.
Cut and Thirst by Margaret Atwood
Published by Amazon Original Stories on 05/01/2024
Genres: Fiction, Friendship, Humorous, Literary Fiction, Mystery
Format: Audiobook, eBook
Pages: 32
Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, and delicious retribution by Margaret Atwood, the #1 bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale.
Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about murder. Decades ago, a vicious cabal of male poets contrived—quite publicly and successfully—to undermine the writing career, confidence, and health of their dear friend Fern. Now, after Fern has taken a turn for the worse, her three old friends decide that it’s finally time to strike back—in secret, of course, since Fern is far too gentle to approve of a vendetta. All they need is a plan with suitably Shakespearean drama. But as sweet and satisfying as revenge can be, it’s not always so cut and dried.
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My thoughts on Cut and Thirst
Join Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy for their weekly rendezvous filled with cheese, nostalgia, and contemplation of murder—yes, murder! In Margaret Atwood’s “Cut and Thirst,” these three retired professors hatch a plan to avenge their dear friend Fern against a cadre of male poets who once wreaked havoc on her life. But Fern is too gentle for such vengeance, so the scheme must be as clandestine as it is dramatic.
This tale serves up revenge with a side of Shakespearean flair, though as our trio discovers, vengeance isn’t always straightforward. Expect a dash of dark humor, especially if you’re prepared for the mishap involving ExLax-laced pot brownies!
This is one of those quick reads that you can put as much thought into as you wish. Be entertained for an hour, but ponder the deeper meanings for days.
“Cut and Thirst” offers a glimpse into the minds and lives of seasoned women writers, showcasing their wit, resilience, and willingness to go to extremes for justice. But does revenge truly satisfy? Dive into this witty mystery to see how far these ladies will go and whether it’s all worth it in the end.
This review is my honest, unbiased opinion of a book I own.
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About Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood was born in 1939 in Ottawa and grew up in northern Ontario, Quebec, and Toronto. She received her undergraduate degree from Victoria College at the University of Toronto and her master's degree from Radcliffe College.
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than thirty-five volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps best known for her novels, which include The Edible Woman (1970), The Handmaid's Tale (1983), The Robber Bride (1994), Alias Grace (1996), and The Blind Assassin, which won the prestigious Booker Prize in 2000. Atwood's dystopic novel, Oryx and Crake, was published in 2003. The Tent (mini-fictions) and Moral Disorder (short stories) both appeared in 2006. Her most recent volume of poetry, The Door, was published in 2007. Her non-fiction book, Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth in the Massey series, appeared in 2008, and her most recent novel, The Year of the Flood, in the autumn of 2009. Ms. Atwood's work has been published in more than forty languages, including Farsi, Japanese, Turkish, Finnish, Korean, Icelandic and Estonian. In 2004 she co-invented the Long Pen TM.
Margaret Atwood currently lives in Toronto with writer Graeme Gibson.
Associations: Margaret Atwood was President of the Writers' Union of Canada from May 1981 to May 1982, and was President of International P.E.N., Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986. She and Graeme Gibson are the Joint Honourary Presidents of the Rare Bird Society within BirdLife International. Ms. Atwood is also a current Vice-President of PEN International.
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Last Thoughts:
While I enjoyed this quick read, and I’ve been thinking about it for days, I was left wanting more. Part of me loved the simplicity of a friendship revenge mystery tale, while another part felt like this was just a chapter or two from a longer book. It made me want to know more, even if I had to make it up myself. If you are an Atwood fan, you’ll love it.
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