THE HANDMAIDS TALE

u003cbu003eFrom the bestselling author of u003ciu003eAlias Graceu003c/iu003e and the MaddAddam trilogy, here is the #1 u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e bestseller and seminal work of speculative fiction from the Booker Prize-winning author.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, and Joseph Fiennes. Includes a new introduction by Margaret Atwood.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's u003ciu003eThe Great American Readu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e 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.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e 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....u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, u003ciu003eThe Handmaid's Taleu003c/iu003e is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force.