#499 Stone Mattress- Margaret Atwood
Verna was wronged deeply by her first “love,” Bob. She was
sexually assaulted, shamed, and sent away when she showed to be pregnant. When
her child was taken from her, she decided not to return to het family but take
control of her life and never let anyone control or damage her again.
“It was Bob who’d taught her that only the strong can win,
that weakness should be mercilessly exploited. It was Bob who turned her
into—why not say the word?—A murderer.”
She turned herself into a black widow, seducing, marrying
and eventually killing her husbands—at least four—ad getting the only thing
that has ever given her comfort:
“All she ever wanted was to be protected by layer upon layer
of kind, soft, insulating money.”
“She had no regrets. She did those men a favor: Surely
better a swift exit than a lingering decline.”
Now all these years later, financially secure, and
essentially out of the game, she comes across her old attacker, Bob and sets
out on a plan for revenge. This is a good story, violent but not graphic. Very
satisfying.
Notable Passage: “When it came to love, wasn’t believing the
same as the real thing? Such beliefs drain your strength and cloud your vision.”
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