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The novel that put the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments on the literary map. The Booker Prize winner's first novel is both a scathingly funny satire of consumerism and a heady exploration of emotional cannibalism.

Marian has a problem. A willing member of the consumer society in which she lives, she suddenly finds herself identifying with the things being consumed. She can cope with her tidy-minded fianc?, Peter, who likes shooting rabbits. She can cope with her job in market research,... Read Full Overview

Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fianc and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something... Read Full Overview

A brilliant and powerful work rich in irony and metaphor, this novel narrates the fantastic transformation of a young woman during the final days before her wedding. Ever since her engagement, Marian McAlpin has been unable to eat--first meat, then eggs, vegetables, cake, and... Read Full Overview