The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret 1939- (Author).

Summary: In 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....

Record details

ISBN: 0395404258
ISBN: 9780395404256
ISBN: 1439501432
ISBN: 9781439501436
ISBN: 0771008791
ISBN: 9780771008795
ISBN: 1328879941
ISBN: 9781328879943
ISBN: 052543500X
ISBN: 9780525435006
ISBN: 038549081X
ISBN: 9780385490818
ISBN: 9780800024468
Physical Description: 311 pages ; 21 cm.
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Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 1998.
Copyright: ©1986
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General Note:	Publisher, publishing date, binding, and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:	750L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 14 8109.