Title: The Handmaid's Tale
Description: In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive.
Subjects: Comics & graphic novels, fantasy, Comics & graphic novels, literary, Comics & graphic novels, adaptations, Adaptations, Misogyny, Comic books, strips, Women, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS, Literary, Science Fiction, Handmaid's tale (Atwood, Margaret), Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Dystopias, Brothels, Scrabble, Christian fundamentalism, Revolution, Military dictatorship, Old testament, Religious fanaticism, Totalitarianism, Theonomy, Handmaids, United states congress, Fantasy fiction, Canadian fantasy fiction, Dystopian fiction, Canadian authors, Theocracy, Pregnancy, Political fiction, Canadian fiction (fictional works by one author), Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, dystopian, Dystopian, Political, Social aspects, Nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2017-02-26, New york times bestseller