The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale#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. Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, available now. 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

#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.

Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, available now.

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.

Includes an introduction by Margaret Atwood

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 03/16/1998
ISBN: 9780385490818
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 976
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 98
Entertainment Weekly 07/09/2010 pg. 81
Entertainment Weekly 06/28/2013 pg. 28
Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 98

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 8109 / Handmaid's Tale
Reading Level: 5.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 14