{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-9780307264602","title":"The Handmaid's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping vision of our society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003ehas become one of the most powerful and most widely read novels of our time. Margaret Atwood is \"the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, serving in the household of the enigmatic Commander and his bitter wife. She may go out once a day to markets whose signs are now pictures because women are not allowed to read. She must pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, for in a time of declining birthrates her value lies in her fertility, and failure means exile to the dangerously polluted Colonies. Offred can remember a time when she lived with her husband and daughter and had a job, before she lost even her own name. Now she navigates the intimate secrets of those who control her every move, risking her life in breaking the rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike Aldous Huxley's \u003ci\u003eBrave New World \u003c\/i\u003eand George Orwell's \u003ci\u003eNineteen Eighty-Four, The Handmaid's Tale \u003c\/i\u003ehas endured not only as a literary landmark but as a warning of a possible future that is still chillingly relevant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307264602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.26w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/02\/2006 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e8109 \/ Handmaid's Tale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.4 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 14\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Margaret Atwood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635552252060,"sku":"9780307264602","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0273a6fd-da1c-4e96-8804-4d1ee582d1ca.jpg?v=1603839876","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-9780307264602","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}