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The handmaid's tale [large print] / Margaret Atwood.

By: Publication details: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2017], c1986.Description: 531 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781432838485
Subject(s): Summary: Margaret Atwood presents a chilling dystopic novel set in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, after a radical theocratic revolution. In a time of declining birthrates, fertile women are dispersed to high-ranking white men as baby-making handmaids. If a handmaid cannot reproduce, she is exiled to the Colonies, an uber-polluted wasteland. One of these handmaids, Offred, not only remembers her life before the revolution, but is determined to reclaim it.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Large Print Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves LP FIC ATWO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Long Overdue (Lost) Checked out 03/02/2024 31906001135509

Margaret Atwood presents a chilling dystopic novel set in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the United States, after a radical theocratic revolution. In a time of declining birthrates, fertile women are dispersed to high-ranking white men as baby-making handmaids. If a handmaid cannot reproduce, she is exiled to the Colonies, an uber-polluted wasteland. One of these handmaids, Offred, not only remembers her life before the revolution, but is determined to reclaim it.

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