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by Margaret Atwood
About 52 pages (15,435 words)
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      Topic Tracking: Religion


      Topic Tracking: Sexual Power Struggle


      Topic Tracking: Truth in Storytelling



  Chapter Summaries


      Part 1: Night


      Part 2: Shopping


      Part 3: Night


      Part 4: Waiting Room


      Part 5: Nap


      Part 6: Household


      Part 7: Night


      Part 8: Birth Day


      Part 9: Night


      Part 10: Soul Scrolls


      Part 11: Night


      Part 12: Jezebel's


      Part 13: Night


      Part 14: Salvaging


      Part 15: Night


      Part 16: Historical Notes



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