Good Bones " In this collection of miscellaneous writings by Margaret Atwood, Gertrude tells what really happened in "Hamlet", an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves, and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got "Dracula" hopelessly wrong. "  —The Publisher. Home Biography Novels Short Fiction Poetry Site Awards Short Stories in this Collection: "Bad News" — (Read Story) "There Was Once" — (Read Story) "The Female Body" — (Quote; Excerpt) "Making a Man" "Men at Sea" "Hardball" "An Angel" "Third Handed" "We Want It All" — (Read Story) "The Little Red Hen Tells All" — (Read Story) "Unpopular Gals" — (Read Story) "In Love with Raymond Chandler" — (Read Story) "Epaulettes" "Alien Territory" — (Quote) "My Life as a Bat" — (Excerpt) "Poppies: Three Variations" "Death Scenes" "Dance of the Lepers" "Gertrude Talks Back" — (Read Story) "Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women" "Stump Hunting" "Cold-Blooded" "Adventure Story" "Theology" "Homelanding" — (Excerpts) "Four Small Paragraphs" "Good Bones" Excerpts from Good Bones Excerpt: "Bad News" - Amazon.com Excerpt: "There Was Once - Mississippi Review Excerpt: "Unpopular Gals" - Mississippi Review Excerpt: "We Want It All" - GeoCities Excerpt: "The Little Red Hen Tells All" - Dr. B. Freeman Excerpt: "In Love with Raymond Chandler" - NPR Excerpt: "Gertrude Talks Back" - UGA Book Reviews Eye Weekly Review, 1992 Essays on Good Bones Rewriting Canonical Portrayals of Women: Gertrude Talks Back - Pilar Cuder Dominguez Margaret Atwood's Textual Assassinations - Sharon R. Wilson [.pdf] Study Guides and Miscellaneous Resources Discussion questions for "Gertrude Talks Back" - Cappelen Other Gertrude karsilik veriyor: Turkish Translation of "Gertrude Talks Back" - Berna Saribas to Margaret Atwood's Short Stories to Margaret Atwood Luminarium Copyright ©1996-2007 Anniina Jokinen. All Rights Reserved. Book cover images remain under the copyright of their respective copyright owners. This page created on December 18, 2006 by Anniina Jokinen. Last updated July 26, 2007. About this Website | Luminarium Privacy Statement. Margaret Atwood has gone on to become not just a major Canadian Writer, and a woman writer (whom some would call a Feminist Writer), but an award-winning author of English literature. Her works include novels, short stories, poetry, etc.