Books like Life Before Man by Margaret Atwood
In this fictional work, Elizabeth, a woman with a controlled sensuality and suppressed rage, is married to the wrong man. She has lost her most recent lover to suicide, leaving her emotionally devastated. Her husband, Nate, is a gentle but indecisive man planning to leave her for Lesje, a perennial innocent who prefers dinosaurs to men. Their lives are threatened by the ghost of Elizabeth's deceased lover, and the three women are forced to make choices that will ultimately lead to a tragic end.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Margaret Atwood
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