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Cover of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Box Set

The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Box Set

Margaret Atwood (2020-11-03)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Doorstopper (600+))
Setting
CSM age18+

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

Sexual AssaultRapeSlaveryCaptivityViolenceDeathTortureSuicideChild HarmDomestic ViolenceForced PregnancyTotalitarianismMisogynyPsychological AbuseLoss of IdentityReproductive Coercion

Positive tags

SurvivalResistanceHopeful EndingCourage

Tropes

RebellionTotalitarian RegimeHidden IdentityEnsemble CastMultiple POVsSurvivalMemory as ResistanceForbidden Knowledge

Themes

TotalitarianismPower and CorruptionFreedom vs ControlIdentityResistanceGender OppressionMemorySurvivalAgency

Synopsis

A box set of Margaret Atwood's bestselling companioned novels, The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments In The Handmaid's Tale, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War and the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead's Commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. In The Testaments, set more than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, The Republic of Gilead maintains its repressive grip on power, but it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women come together, with potentially explosive results. This beautifully designed box set will make the perfect gift.

Tags

DystopianLiterary Speculative FictionFeminist LiteratureSocial CommentaryPolitical Thriller