The Robber Bride is one of those books that seems like it’s going to be about absolutely nothing at all, but ends up being astonishingly substantial. The plot is focused on three women, Tony, Charis, and Roz, that have little in common except that they attended the University of Toronto together in the 60s. While there, they met a woman named Zenia who proceeded to devastate each of their lives, at the rate of one per decade. At the end of the 80s, Zenia is killed in an explosion in Lebanon. Tony, Charis, and Roz settle into the routines of their bruised lives and try to forget about the malicious woman that did them so much harm.
Fast forward to the early 90s: The three friends meet for lunch at a restaurant to discuss old times, and they are mortified when Zenia walks in, alive and as threateningly lush as ever…
In this exploration, I will give a brief synopsis of the plot, followed by a loose collection of things that I found particularly interesting that you might want to watch out for when reading (or re-reading) this book.