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The Handmaid's Tale (Movie Tie-in) by Atwood, Margaret Eleanor is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? <p> 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 only valued if their ovaries are viable. <p> Offred can remember the days 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.... <p>Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, <b>The Handmaid's Tale</b> is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.</p><h3>Library Journal</h3><p>In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have no rights to their bodies or property and are completely dependent upon men. Th
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Atwood, Margaret Eleanor
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780738305035
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, History, Political Science
- Rating
- 4.07 / 5 (1,723 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13