29. My Evil Mother, a Short Story by Margaret Atwood

listened on 3/30/24
32 pgs.

2022
Adult Short Story CRF/Magical Realism
Finished 3/30/2024
Goodreads rating:  3.90
My rating: 5
Setting: Contemporary Canada

My comments: Love the cover.  A crazy, witchy, magical mother?  A savvy, slightly crazy, fun-loving mom? Who knows....who cares....In my opinion this is just a plain fun and funny cool story.  Loved it.  

Goodreads synopsis:  Life is hard enough for a teenage girl in 1950s suburbia without having a mother who may—or may not—be a witch. A single mother at that. Sure, she fits in with her starched dresses, string of pearls, and floral aprons. Then there are the hushed and mystical consultations with neighborhood women in distress. The unsavory, mysterious plants in the flower beds. The divined warning to steer clear of a boyfriend whose fate is certainly doomed. But as the daughter of this bewitching homemaker comes of age and her mother’s claims become more and more outlandish, she begins to question everything she once took for granted.