Instead, she explores favorite themes of sisterhood, options for the disempowered, and freedom's irresistible draw. Atwood does not dwell on the franchise or current politics. Since publication, The Handmaid's Tale has appeared as a movie, graphic novel, and popular miniseries. Aunt Lydia brings the girls together under her tutelage, then sends them off to try to escape with Gilead's secrets. Sixteen-year-old Daisy in Toronto discovers she is the daughter of a runaway handmaid after the people she thought were her parents die in an explosion. Rather than marry, Agnes Jemima becomes an aunt-in-training. Gilead native Agnes Jemima is almost 13 when she learns her real mother was a runaway handmaid. Now she is old and dying and ready for revenge. Ensconced in her library, Aunt Lydia recalls how she went from prisoner to collaborator during Gilead's early days. Aunt Lydia has become a renowned educator, an ally of Gilead's spy chief, and an archivist for Gilead's secrets. The novel opens in New England 15 years after the first novel ends. 'She manages to write about the darkest and most terrifying parts of human psychology in a way that is still deeply funny and full of dark strange hope' Naomi Alderman, author of The PowerĪtwood's confident, magnetic sequel to The Handmaid's Tale details the beginning of the end for Gilead, the authoritarian religion-touting dystopia where fertile single women (handmaids) live in sexual servitude. 'Atwood challenges us constantly and poses the question that lies like a pearl inside the shell of this frighteningly readable novel, "Before you sit in judgement, how would you behave in Gilead?''' Sunday Telegraph Prepare to hold your breath throughout, and to cry real tears at the end' Stylist 'Everything The Handmaid's Tale fans wanted and more. Now with additional material: book club discussion points and an interview with Margaret Atwood about the real-life events that inspired The Testaments and The Handmaid's Tale.
But how far will each go for what she believes? At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless Aunt Lydia.
The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. To read this book is to feel the world turning' Anne Enright In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred? **THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE**
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