Description "Margaret Atwood is one of the most intelligent and talented writers to set herelf the task of deciphering life in the late twentieth century." VOGUE Joan Foster, a secret writer of Gothic romances, has been suddenly thrust into the limelight, when her outrageously feminist book, LADY ORACLE becomes a bestseller. In a daring move to escape her past, Joan fakes her own death and begins a new life. With a much-needed respite from familiarity, Joan Foster begins to examine her life, and what she reveals to herself will stay with her forever....