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The Bad News

by Margaret Atwood
Susan Denaker
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“We don’t like bad news, but we need it. We need to know about it in case it’s coming our way.”

This delicious, contemptuous and poignant micro-story is the first in the acclaimed collection, Moral Disorder, from towering author and #1 New York Times Bestseller, Margaret Atwood.   
       
The bad news arrives in the form of a paper, which Tig carries up the stairs to Nell who is wallowing in bed. A year from now, they won’t remember the details, but for now, the bad news sits between the aging couple as they prepare their breakfast together and Nell imagines them in Southern France as the barbarians invade Rome on what is beautiful day, safe and quiet, for now, from the bad news coming their way.
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Publisher: Books on Tape Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781984886736
  • File size: 9837 KB
  • Release date: October 2, 2018
  • Duration: 00:20:29

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  • ISBN: 9781984886736
  • File size: 9840 KB
  • Release date: October 2, 2018
  • Duration: 00:20:29
  • Number of parts: 1

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Fiction Literature Short Stories

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“We don’t like bad news, but we need it. We need to know about it in case it’s coming our way.”

This delicious, contemptuous and poignant micro-story is the first in the acclaimed collection, Moral Disorder, from towering author and #1 New York Times Bestseller, Margaret Atwood.   
       
The bad news arrives in the form of a paper, which Tig carries up the stairs to Nell who is wallowing in bed. A year from now, they won’t remember the details, but for now, the bad news sits between the aging couple as they prepare their breakfast together and Nell imagines them in Southern France as the barbarians invade Rome on what is beautiful day, safe and quiet, for now, from the bad news coming their way.
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Fiction Literature Short Stories
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Books on Tape
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9781984886736
    File size: 9837 KB
    Release date: October 2, 2018
    Duration: 00:20:29

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9781984886736
    File size: 9840 KB
    Release date: October 2, 2018
    Duration: 00:20:29
    Number of parts: 1

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    MP3 audiobook
  • Languages
    English