Women's Fiction, Dystopian, Misogyny, Women, Theocracy, Surrogate mothers, Man-woman relationships, Pregnancy--Social aspects, Government, Resistance to, Dystopias 

"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. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. 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. 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"--Publisher description. 

Synopsis
In this brilliant sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, acclaimed author Margaret Atwood answers the questions that have tantalized readers for decades.
When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead.

With The Testaments, the wait is over.

Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead.

"Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything The other inspiration is the world we've been living in." --Margaret Atwood

Synopsis
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE

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.

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. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.

Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. 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.

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 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

 

Genre/Form: Dystopian fiction
Political fiction
Fantasy fiction
Fiction
Novels
Dystopias
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Margaret Atwood
ISBN: 9780385543781 0385543786 9780525562627 0525562621
OCLC Number: 1098191298
Notes: Sequel to: The Handmaid's Tale.
Description: x, 419 pages ; 25 cm
Contents: Statue --
Precious flower --
Hymn --
The clothes hound --
Van --
Six for dead --
Stadium --
Carnarvon --
Thank tank --
Spring green --
Sackcloth --
Carpitz --
Secateurs --
Ardua Hall --
Fox and cat --
Pearl girls --
Perfect teeth --
Reading room --
Study --
Bloodlines --
Fast and thick --
Heartstopper --
Wall --
The Nellie J. Banks --
Wakeup --
Landfall --
Sendoff --
The thirteenth symposium.
Responsibility: Margaret Atwood.