Surfacing

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On sale Mar 16, 1998 | 208 Pages | 9780385491051

When a talented artist sets out for a weekend trip, she has no idea she's beginning a journey that will change her life. With her lover and another couple, she returns to the isolated log cabin of her childhood and embarks on a profound journey of pain, revelations, and reawakening.
© Luis Mora
MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. View titles by Margaret Atwood

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When a talented artist sets out for a weekend trip, she has no idea she's beginning a journey that will change her life. With her lover and another couple, she returns to the isolated log cabin of her childhood and embarks on a profound journey of pain, revelations, and reawakening.

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© Luis Mora
MARGARET ATWOOD is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. View titles by Margaret Atwood

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