The Handmaid's Tale
The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future...
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The Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function: to breed . If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. .
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Edition language: English
Read by Tiffany: A well told tale, teasing out details of the dystopian future that the handmaid inhabits and some of the road that led there. I found it very emotionally engaging and thought provoking, and scarily plausible given the attitudes towards women's rights in some areas of the world. (Vi...
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