This is a new short story from Atwood is the tale of mothers and daughters, of a mother's desire to protect her child against the world and her daughters desire to break free and experience the world for herself.  It is told from the present-day perspective of the daughter while she reminisces about her childhood and teenage years. 

 

What a charming quick read that I could happily recommend. I really enjoyed the references to witchcraft and the stories the mother spun to protect her daughter and thought the way that then went full circle to help protect the granddaughter was very clever.