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The Handmaid's Tale (1986)
Front Cover Book Details
Author
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Genre Science Fiction
Publication Date 12/12/1986
Format Paperback (174 x 105 mm)
Publisher Fawcett Crest
Plot
"Splendid."
NEWSWEEK
It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.
"Deserves the highest praise."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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Collection Status In Collection
Index 28
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Product Details
ISBN 0449212602
Cover Price $6.99
First Edition No
Rare No