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The handmaid's tale

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now . . .Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

Book  - 1998
FIC Atwoo
1 copy / 2 on hold

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Location
Victoria On holds shelf
  • ISBN: 0395404258 :
  • ISBN: 0771008139
  • ISBN: 0770428207
  • ISBN: 9780771008795
  • ISBN: 9780735253308
  • Physical Description 324 pages
  • Publisher Toronto : McClelland-Bantam, Inc., [1998]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Some copies vary from catalogue information.
Aurora Award nominee
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award.
Canada Reads 2002.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC $8.99

Additional Information

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520 . ‡a"Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now . . .Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force. "--Goodreads.
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