whose fiery death in a car accident opens this novel.
The narrator of this novel is the granddaughter of her town's leading manufacturer of buttons and is raised by the housekeeper Rennie. One part of this work tells of a refined woman's liaisons with a political prisoner, who is based on Alex Thomas, a communist the narrator had helped hide in her attic. That political prisoner tells stories of a world in which Sakiel-Norn is burned to the ground by the Lizard Men of Xenor and in which children are forced to craft intricate rugs. The narrator of this novel is bossed around by Winifred after she enters a loveless marriage with Richard Griffen. This novel shares its name with the one published by the protagonist's sister Laura, whose fiery death in a car accident opens this novel. For 10 points, name this novel about Iris Chase Griffen, a work of Margaret Atwood.
The narrator of this novel is the granddaughter of her town's leading manufacturer of buttons and is raised by the housekeeper Rennie.
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