false 1033666 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.]]> 38447 61 1119185 book 1985 The Handmaid's Tale total:56454|5:19304|4:21531|3:11347|2:3075|1:1197| 56454 224032 72146 4047 3472 3.86 130361 11237 3080133 64761 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 53478
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 30 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 14 15:29:05 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:38:33 -0800 2009
This world does exist.

There are countries where wome...more...]]> 9743052 628399 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 49 false Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Nov 29 20:40:29 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 20:37:39 -0800 2007
In 1986, when Margaret Atwood published The Handmaid’s Tale, Ronald Regan had declared “Morning in America,” and society was going to renew itself by returning to the old values. The Christian right, in its infancy at the time,...more...]]> 2676412 168950 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 5 20 false Tue Jul 03 11:41:50 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:31:42 -0800 2009
Atwood's novel presents a dystopic vision of a world in which religious fundamentalists rule and women are confined to female roles, without property or education.

Atwood explores the mecha...more...]]> 2856161 46510 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 16 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 06:25:43 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:01:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1761581 115951 863571 0770428207 9780770428204 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178999165m/863571.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178999165s/863571.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/863571.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.94 141 Handmaid's Tale imagines a near future quite different than the one George Orwell had predicted for the previous year, but her novel has joined 1984 as one of the classics of dystopian literature. Her vision is of a United States transformed into the Republic of Gilead, a fundamentalist state in which women, and their increasingly rare reproductive capacities, are strictly controlled. It's an imagined world memorable both for Atwood's vivid anger and her surprising tenderness.]]> 1985 2 11 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jun 07 15:31:14 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:59:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 10170962 308664 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 2 18 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 07:31:34 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 05:34:13 -0800 2007 more...]]> 25396922 269047 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 11 false Wed Jun 25 06:17:07 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 06:18:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9888599 36813 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 5 11 false Mon Dec 03 12:05:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 12:29:20 -0800 2007 more...]]> 17977731 838801 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 8 true Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 18:38:27 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 07:54:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 52984515 381149 820689 0099740915 9780099740919 54 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178674786m/820689.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178674786s/820689.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/820689.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.98 402 The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.]]> 1985 4 12 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 21:49:17 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:54:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13552489 832659 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 5 5 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Fri Jan 25 14:26:42 -0800 2008 Fri Jun 20 17:55:23 -0700 2008
Re-read, June 2008:
I read The Handmaid's Tale for the first time as a wide-eyed, pure and innocent AP Lit student. Although it was not my first foray into the macabre world of dystopian literature, it was one of my first pieces of women's lit (sad,...more...]]> 29800156 1266077 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 1 10 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 18:29:10 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 15:04:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 7935999 4693 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 7 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 19 08:54:03 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 06:56:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1521217 103544 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 5 4 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 29 13:51:01 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:19:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 27993594 175635 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 3 5 false Fri Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 16:27:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 22:20:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 25023454 245923 863571 0770428207 9780770428204 26 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178999165m/863571.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178999165s/863571.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/863571.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454 Handmaid's Tale imagines a near future quite different than the one George Orwell had predicted for the previous year, but her novel has joined 1984 as one of the classics of dystopian literature. Her vision is of a United States transformed into the Republic of Gilead, a fundamentalist state in which women, and their increasingly rare reproductive capacities, are strictly controlled. It's an imagined world memorable both for Atwood's vivid anger and her surprising tenderness.]]> 1985 5 5 false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 18:06:36 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 07:01:20 -0700 2008 The Handmaid's Tale is a frightening look into a future where the US, now called the Republic of Gilead, is run by religious fundamentalists. In this grim world, women have no right to property, are forbidden to read and write, and are assigned to specific functions. One of them is that of the Handm...more...]]> 5576069 120879 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 5 3 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Mon Sep 03 08:31:28 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:33:32 -0800 2009
This book infuriated me at the start because for the first fifty pages or so it felt like a rather shallow anti-religion book, but once it kicked into gear, I found it amazing. I have fond memories of the college class I read this book in, because it was one of ...more...]]> 3770671 192082 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 3 3 false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Jul 29 20:41:07 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 02:47:02 -0800 2009
Set in America after an ultra-conservative revolution, The Ha...more...]]> 2710415 146323 820689 0099740915 9780099740919 54 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178674786m/820689.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178674786s/820689.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/820689.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454 The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.]]> 1985 4 3 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Jul 04 10:46:53 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:37:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1657028 115625 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 3668 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830s/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3.97 56454
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 only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days 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.]]> 1985 4 3 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Mon Jun 04 14:54:21 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 20:42:28 -0800 2009 ...more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1033666