~ Trade Paperback
~ Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award - 1987, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction - 1986, Audie Award for Fiction - 2013
This is the story of Offred, one of the unfortunate 'Handmaids' under the new social order who have only one purpose: to breed. In Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships, Offred’s persistent memories of life in the 'time before' and her will to survive are acts of rebellion.
Provocative, startling, prophetic, and with Margaret Atwood’s devastating irony, wit, and acute perceptive powers in full force, The Handmaid’s Tale is at once a mordant satire and a dire warning from the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction.
"A compelling fable of our time that tickles our deepest sexual and psychological fears, The Handmaid's Tale is a sly and beautifully crafted story about the fate of an ordinary woman caught off guard by extraordinary events." -- Glamour