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  • A neat idea, but very quickly becomes pointless.

    

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• ― pktechgirl said on Jul 18, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Really interesting book... It reminded me a little of the book 1984, except with a more feminist view. I really like the writing style of the author, it sounds almost poetic.

    

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• ― Julie said on Apr 20, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

In this multi-award-winning, bestselling novel, Margaret Atwood has created a stunning Orwellian vision of the near future. This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate “Handmaids” under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the “time before” and her will to survive are acts of rebellion. Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning.

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