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The Handmaid's Tale
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Start date
April 1, 2011
Finish date
June 1, 2011

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David Mills
Belongs in the canon of feminist literature.

From my 1001 Books to Read Before you Die (Edited by Peter Boxall) reading list.
Rachel
May 20, 2017 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
I love dystopian literature, but this book left me annoyed and kind of bored. I didn't learn anything substantial about the past, present, or future. ...more
Lynn
Jun 30, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
A scary but real possibility in the present or future. Set in an alternate reality that even though takes place in the 1990s or turn of the 21st century is still something that could occur even now.

This book still remains current in the themes that it portrays in social injustice, fears and suffrage during totalitarian regimes and the plight to remain human and empathic in a world divided and shamed for sexual desires, individuality and basically being a female.
Metanira
Jan 11, 2013 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Wow. Very nice book.
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Shelves: dystopians
Ashley Moore
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Shelves: faves, all-time-faves
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