Review: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ writer spills the tea on her books’ origins

Review: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ writer spills the tea on her books’ origins Margaret Atwood’s new “Book of Lives” is subtitled “a memoir of sorts” — and in fact, it’s a venerable sort, a cradle-to-rocking-chair telling of a celebrated life. Today, most books of this type are produced by movie stars or musicians, while literary memoirs tend to focus on one particularly dramatic or entertaining passage: Mary Karr’s childhood (“The Liars’ Club”), Geraldine Brooks’ ...