The Handmaid’s Tale

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon,from ΓÇ£the patron saint of feminist dystopian fictionΓÇ¥ (The New York Times). Now an award-winning Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. Look for The Testamentsthe bestsellingaward-winning the sequel to The HandmaidΓÇÖs Tale In Margaret AtwoodΓÇÖs dystopian futureenvironmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gileada totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of thesea Handmaid bound to produce children for one of GileadΓÇÖs commanders. Deprived of her husbandher childher freedomand even her own nameOffred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satirean ominous warningand a tour de force of narrative suspenseThe HandmaidΓÇÖs Tale is a modern classic. Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood