The Handmaid's Tale
1985 • 224 pages

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Short Review: excellent audiobook narrated by Claire Danes. The book is set in a dystopian world where women are only good for procreation. OfFred (women no longer have names but only relationships to the men around them) narrates her story. Through a series of flashbacks she tells how the world changed from the previous order to the theocratic one where she now lives.

The books is very compelling, even if the timeline and cultural changes don't make complete sense.

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/the-handmaids-tale-by-margaret-atwood/

February 6, 2013