#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An instant classic and eerily
prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist
dystopian fiction" (New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series
starring Elizabeth Moss. Includes an introduction by Margaret
Atwood.
In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and
declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result
is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that
enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile
women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for
one of Gilead's commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her
freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her
will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a
tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid's Tale is a modern
classic.
Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale