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A powerfully and brilliantly crafted novel, Bodily Harm may be the story of Rennie Wilford, a journalist whose life has begun to shatter round the edges.  Rennie travels to the Caribbean to recuperate, and on the small island of St.  Antoine she's confronted by a global where her rules for survival no further apply.  By becomes witty, satiric, persistent, and frightening, Margaret Atwood's Bodily Harm is ultimately an exploration of the lust for power, both sexual and political, and the requirement for compassion that goes beyond what we normally mean by love.Margaret Atwood may be the writer of over twenty five books, including fiction, Composition, and essays.  Among her newest works would be the bestselling novels Alias Grace and The Robber Bride and the collections Wilderness Tips and Good Bones and Simple Murders.  She lives in Toronto.