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Title	:	The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale #1)
Author	:	Margaret Atwood
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	1st Anchor Books edition
Pages	:	Pages: 312 pages
Published	:	April 1998 by Anchor Books (first published August 1985)
Categories	:	Books. Free Books

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Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now . . .

Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

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Original Title:	The Handmaid's Tale
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Handmaid's Tale #1
Characters:	The Commander, Offred, Serena Joy, Ofglen, Nick, Moira, Luke Castellan
Setting:	Cambridge, Massachusetts,2005(United States) Republic of Gilead,2005
Literary Awards:	Booker Prize Nominee (1986), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1986), Locus Award Nominee for Best SF Novel (1987), Arthur C. Clarke Award (1987), Audie Award for Fiction (2013) Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1986), Prometheus Award Nominee for Best Novel (1987), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Retrospective (1995), Governor General's
Literary Awards:	/ Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Fiction (1985), SF Chronicle Award Nominee for Novel (1987), Commonwealth Writers' Prize Nominee for Best Book in Caribbean and Canada (1987), CBC Canada Reads Nominee (2002)

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I felt kind of slow last night so I didn't want to keep reading my nonfiction book and I started this instead. I think though that was a slight mistake because I did feel like I missed things when reading this and went back a few times to reread sentences. I'm mentioning that to say I really liked how well written it felt and the writing style itself was really appealing to me. I like when writing is a little vague and disconnected, I really enjoy the stream of consciousness type of narration

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is a brilliant, endearing, scary as hell book. Told with simplistic prose and stark attention to detail, Atwood describes life in the not too distant future where the United States has been transformed through military coup into a totalitarian theocracy. This dystopian horror story is made all the more real by the bridge Atwood has created between the world we know now and the world that could be the storys protagonist remembers the time before the change.

"Nolite te bastardes carborundum." (Don't let the bastards grind you down.) Me, after reading this book: "Meh!" Because so many of my esteemed Goodreads friends have sung in praise of this novel, I felt that I was destined to join their burgeoning ranks. Instead, I was left scratching my head, wondering if I'd even read the same book!I was that rarity - an Atwood virgin - and I was knee-tremblingly keen to pop my cherry. I would love to say that I was enthralled and that I am now a fan, but I

After reading 'The Handmaid's Tale', I can see why this dystopian classic has made such an impression on so many. This is a book that definitely hangs with you, haunting your thoughts, long after you finish the book. It is thought-provoking and terrifying.The story centers on the heroine, Offred, who is a "handmaiden" in this futuristic world created by Ms. Atwood. As a handmaiden, Offred's sole purpose is to produce a baby for the Commander and his wife, Serena Joy. Once she has served her

Don't let the bastards grind you down. There's a lot of talk about women's rights these days. There were times where I thought: enough already. You girls got it good. I looked around me and saw women with strong voices and a million choices. If they wished to go for a career, they could go for it. If they didn't, no biggie. Their liberty seemed greater than men's in a lot of respects. The power they wield over men is magnificent and often described as the greatest humanity is capable of: a

@Audra if we weren't supposed to comment on others reviews, there wouldn't be a comment section. Besides, given how many people post after a poor

Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is a tale of terror as well as a warning. The dystopian future she describes in "Gilead" which appears to be centered in Boston (due to the reference to Mass Ave and the town of Salem) is chillingly misogynistic where women are reduced to strict categories: Martha for housework and cooking, Jezebels (easy to guess, right?), Eyes, Angels (soldiers for the state), infertile Wives and potentially fertile Handmaids. It is beautifully written with lots of