The Mystery of the Two Margarets Margaret Bezan and Margaret Atwood

"A masterclass in how to write a mesmerizing memoir."

Why is this memoir also a mystery? Because its two Margarets, one a nobody and the other a celebrity, have these biographical overlaps.- Both have the middle-name Eleanor.

• Both were born in Canada in November 1939.
• Both were students at Toronto University at the end of the 50s.
• Both majored there in English.
• Both, after leaving university, spent most of their free time writing.
• In their early mid-twenties, both spent most of their writing time writing poetry.
• Both, as young women and before feminism's second wave, were influenced by Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex.
• Both worked for a marketing research company in Toronto in 1963.
• Both occasionally experienced palpitations of the heart.
• And for a period in their twenties, both used hair-straightener.

So, were there two Margarets or only one? "A good question," says Fullbrook, "but for me as the storyteller its answer makes but marginal difference. The story . . . is not about celebrities, but about those nobodies - at least at the time - who, passing casually through my life or yours, give precious gifts". "This is a stunning book - full of beautiful surprises and mysteries - written by a master storyteller . . . I couldn't stop reading it - I had to find out the ending - and it doesn't disappoint " - Martin Packard (Amazon)
"Compellingly written and fascinating memoir of an extraordinary man . . . Unputdownable and original." - Helen T (Amazon)

"A book of many mysteries and life travels unravelled by a fine storyteller with great humour and reflective wisdom. Loved it." - Andrew Sprod (Amazon)