01256    a2200169   4500001000700000020001800007020001100025041000800036082000800044300001100052520087100063856002400934040002500958100002800983245004201011260003301053119240  a9780385490818  qbroch.  aeng  a813  a311 p.  aIn the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?

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.
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....
Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.  u000034/000034a6.jpg  aBR-BrIDEAcBR-BrIDEA  aAtwood, Margarethd193910aThe handmaid´s talecMargaret Atwood  aNew YorkbAnchor Booksc2017