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    The Handmaid's Tale (Anchor Books) (Paperback) By (author) Margaret Atwood

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    Short Description for The Handmaid's TaleFirst published in 1985, this is a novel of such power that the reader is unable to forget its images and its forecast. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. "A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker interconnections between politics and sex".--"The Washington Post Book World".
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    Lydia Presley The place is Gilead. Religious fundamentalists are now in charge, but no fundamentalists like I've grown up knowing. Gone are the freedoms that women take for granted; their way of dress, owning a checking account and property, having a say over how their body is treated. Instead they are now placed into roles, the wives, the Marthas, the Handmaids.

    This story revolves around Rachel, Jacob and Bilhah from Genesis. The use of Bilhah by Rachel and Jacob to give them children. But instead of being in ancient times it is now the future.

    So many reviewers have pointed out that this is very similar to the treatment of women in other countries. It's a true observation and this book does a chilling job of putting the reader in one of those womens shoes.

    As I read I could hear the voice of Offred in my mind. I could hear resignation, sorrow and a lack of hope. I could hear disbelief as she spoke of memories that were so distant from what she is living now that they seem unreal. I could hear frustration as she struggled to understand why rules and traditions were being changed.

    I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this book. I thought it might be too graphic, that I wouldn't be able to handle it. Atwood deals with the subject, as I'm learning she always does, with a respectful hand, laying the facts out without making them personal. It's that sense of detachment that struck home for me the most. I felt angry and scared while reading, my emotions making up for the seeming lack of emotion shown by Offred.

    This is my second Margaret Atwood book. I'm hooked. Both this and The Robber's Bride have shown incredible character development and eye-opening scenarios to me.

    What a disturbing, fascinating book this is. by Lydia Presley

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