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My Evil Mother
- A Short Story
- Narrated by: Hillary Huber
- Length: 57 mins
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Summary
A #1 Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.
A bittersweet short story about mothers, daughters, and the witches’ brew of love—and control—that binds them, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale and The Testaments.
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.
Critic reviews
“Narrator Hillary Huber is enchanting in the role of a daughter who is spilling her mother's dark secrets.… Huber's vulnerable confessional tone for the daughter contrasts nicely with the ringing cultured voice of her mother. Huber deftly handles the sardonic humor and emotional depth of Atwood's writing.… Both Huber and Atwood are at the top of their form with a bewitching fable that will take up residence in the listener's mind.”—AudioFile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner
“There’s a perfect balance of silliness and poignancy in My Evil Mother, which is really a story about the fantasies we never give up about our mothers…What loving mother wouldn’t cast a spell of protection around her children if she could?”—Ron Charles, Washington Post
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- AllyinScotland
- 14-05-22
A great short listen!
This is the first short story I’ve listened to and I really enjoyed it. I loved the whole concept of the story, the narrator was very good❤️
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- Lande Riege
- 07-07-22
In the best Atwood style
This is a lovely short story exemplifying the challenges of parenthood. Truly enjoyable, it does leave you wondering, could it be true?
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- Madalina
- 28-12-22
Love it
Great story, engaging, funny and great circle round. It is a quick read worth the listen
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- "imnancyg3"
- 04-03-24
Rigid OCR “Performance”
This has to stop. Beautiful writing read by a robot. Audible needs to regroup as this and other titles are incredibly painful to hear. There’s a reason book-folk choose to pay for this media; physical limitations, time issues…on and on.
We aren’t second hand citizens and deserve better.
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- Simão Telo
- 04-03-23
Hilarious
Absolutely in awe of Margaret Atwood’s storytelling, an hour extremely well spent. So ironic how we become our parents even after badly putting up with them throughout most of our lives.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-04-22
Fantastic
I loved this story.
It explores mothers, daughters and feminine power. I recommend this good listen.
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- brenda Hawker
- 10-07-22
Not interested
Rubbish strange end have read a lot of her work but this is the wirse.
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- Charlotte
- 04-07-22
Excellent
I'm not sure what I was expecting exactly but I adored this, it was great fun and surprisingly touching.
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- Christina
- 09-08-22
Great narrating
The narrator was brilliant but the story didn’t really go anywhere. I downloaded this going off the reviews but it was jumpy and didn’t really have much of a story to it, then abruptly seemed to come to an end.
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- Fiona Cameron
- 20-12-23
How Love and manipulation blend
One for every woman, a delight, screamingly funny and a few teary moments. A wonderful illustration of the mother daughter bond.
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