false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179649300m/941646.jpg 1286846 60 In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander & 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 & pray the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the days before, when she lived & made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own & access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now... Funny, unexpected, horrifying, & altogether convincing, <i>The Handmaid's Tale</i> is at once scathing satire, dire warning & tour de force. 1119185 book 1985 The Handmaid's Tale total:55946|5:19133|4:21346|3:11242|2:3040|1:1185| 55946 222040 71458 4019 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 4 48 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...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 5 20 false Tue Jul 03 11:41:50 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 12 15:23:01 -0700 2008
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.

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This world does exist.

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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...]]> 863571 0770428207 9780770428204 139 26 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178999165m/863571.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/863571.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 2 11 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Jun 07 15:31:14 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 07 20:08:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 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...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 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...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 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...]]> 863571 0770428207 9780770428204 139 26 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178999165m/863571.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/863571.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 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...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 5 4 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 29 13:51:01 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 13:20:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 5 2 false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 02 18:43:14 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 19:22:08 -0700 2008
Set sometime in the late eighties...more...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 1 6 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Wed Jan 23 19:00:25 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 14:48:16 -0800 2008
The premise of this book is completely flawed. It supposes that American society will move toward a religiously oppressive government--restricting women's rights and sexual freedom between couples. To my knowledge, there has never been a western civ...more...]]> 38447 0385490818 9780385490818 52990 3645 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255648830m/38447.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38447.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 3 3 false Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Sun Jul 29 20:41:07 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 04 12:18:31 -0700 2007
Set in America after an ultra-conservative revolution, The Ha...more...]]> 820689 0099740915 9780099740919 392 53 3.97 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178674786m/820689.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/820689.The_Handmaid_s_Tale 4 3 false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Jul 04 10:46:53 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 04 11:03:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=941646