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Set in the religious patriarchy of Gilead, The Handmaid's Tale is a haunting narrative of what America could be. As the threat of Gilead looms ever closer, this seems less like a dystopian novel and more like a prescient warning. Read it before you live it.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * An instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (The New York Times) * The sixth and final season of the award-winning Hulu series starring Elisabeth Moss is now streaming
Look for The Testaments, the bestselling, award-winning sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result i...
Look for The Testaments, the bestselling, award-winning sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
In Margaret Atwood's dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result i...
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