The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel
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waterfalling
of Rockledge, Florida USA on 3/6/2008
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
waterfalling of Rockledge, Florida USA on 3/6/2008 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
Picked up at a library book sale. Former library book. Trade-size paperback.
from the back cover:
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter, when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.
from the back cover:
Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter, when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now.
Very much liked this. I liked how the ending is not so clear and does not give specific answers to Offred's fate, though there are hints as to what 'may' have happened.
Journal Entry 3 by waterfalling at Book Thing Of Baltimore, Inc. (As Of May 2010 Not Accepting BC Book Donations) in Baltimore, Maryland USA on Friday, June 25, 2010
waterfalling at Book Thing Of Baltimore, Inc. (As Of May 2010 Not Accepting BC Book Donations) in Baltimore, Maryland USA on Friday, June 25, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (6/25/2010 UTC) at Book Thing Of Baltimore, Inc. (As Of May 2010 Not Accepting BC Book Donations) in Baltimore, Maryland USA
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