The cult of The Handmaid’s Tale


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A new series on Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale has started airing. As per Wiki – “Set in a near-future New England, in a totalitarian theocracy that has overthrown the United States government, the novel explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain individualism and independence.”

It is the feminist bible that transcends gender. It was actually a young man who first turned me onto the novel – the tattered copy I still own was a gift from my teenage boyfriend (I forgave him so much because of his love for the book). I didn’t so much read through the night as travel through time and space, and I closed it awestruck and as furious as if it had been a news report. I am impatiently waiting for my daughters – currently aged eight and four – to reach an age where I can share it with them.

The complete article

Erin Kelly – The Telegraph

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5 thoughts on “The cult of The Handmaid’s Tale

  1. hello needull its dennis the vizsla dog hay my dada sez he luvs margaret atwood this is wun of his fayvrits of hers but his verry fayvrits ar oryx & crake and cats eye hmm cats eye i wunder if that has ennything to do with why i hav kitten siblings now!!! ok bye

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