Depending on how you look at Margaret Atwood’s The Robber Bride, Timson calls it an “upmarket melodrama” whereas Martin refers to it as a novel “confronting politically correct feminism”. The truth is it isn’t either of these. While some of the situations are greatly exaggerated, this book comments on the way that women interact with each other on a day-to-day basis. Atwood tells the story of three women, and how they are drawn …showed first 75 words of 894 total…

…showed last 75 words of 894 total…turned into a discount store called Scrimpers. In the end, The Robber Bride delivers a strong message about the relationships between modern-day women. Atwood seems to be telling us that there is a great deal of competition in a woman’s world but there is also a lot of comfort and friendship. I am unsure as to how my male friends would interpret this book, but I feel certain women would easily relate to it.