CBC's 100 Best Canadian Novels ~ The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

I cannot believe I have never written about The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood before. I am a huge Atwood fan and I've read the book several times.

It is the story of a dystopian future where governments have become theocracies and women have no rights. The centre of the story is Offred who is forced to be a reproductive surrogate to a powerful commander and his wife. Offred remembers the time before the theocracy when she had a husband, a daughter, a job, a life . . . and dreams of escape.

There is now a television series but I only watched a few episodes before I became bored. (Of course the same thing happened when I tried to watch the television version of Alias Grace.) I may try to watch it again some day . . . but not yet.

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There is also a The Handmaid's Tale movie. It was okay. Not sure I would ever watch it again.

I am sure I will be reading the book again soon.

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