![]() ![]() It’s fifteen years since the doors closed on Offred, and we are quickly absorbed again into the world of Gilead through the witness accounts of its fall by two women: 'Witness Testimony 369A' and 'Witness Testimony 369B'. Hailed as 'the book of our time', Margaret Atwood takes us back to Gilead in her much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale: The Testaments. ![]() "The literary event of the year." -The Guardian "The international literary event of the season." -Globe and Mail "It's terrifying and exhilarating." -Judges of the Booker Prize 2019 As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. ![]() Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic-and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. Novel | Read our reviews! | North America | Dystopia, Science Fiction and Fantasy ![]()
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