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Aug BOTM Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Book Club › Book of the Month › 2017 Book Selections › Aug BOTM Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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  • August 11, 2017 at 1:26 pm #4283
    Maryrose
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    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 valued only 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 literary tour de force.

    http://amzn.to/2vuSLpc

    September 1, 2017 at 9:32 am #4330
    GWTW1939
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    Almost done…couldn’t knock it out before September, but oh well, still chugging along…

    September 1, 2017 at 10:41 am #4331
    Maryrose
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    I’m having such a hard time getting into this. The premise of the story just makes me uncomfortable, in general. I don’t do well with stories like this. I may just skip it and go back to the Andrew McCarthy books.

    September 11, 2017 at 9:20 am #4348
    GWTW1939
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    Done! Finally!! Glad I read it, proud I finished it, but I didn’t really like it. The first half was booooring. It picked up in the second half, but by then, I didn’t care because I just wanted it to end. Yes, it was a ‘tale’ but I felt like not a lot happened. It was a stagnant tale for me. The subject matter was booooring for me too. Now, reverse things and put men in a position of subjugation, and I’d find that more fascinating. Not going to spend a lot of thought on the discussion, since it was not super thought provoking for me.

    September 12, 2017 at 12:44 pm #4349
    Anonymous

    I’m so, so far behind on books this year. Just getting started with this one – I think I’m like 30 pages in,

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