The handmaid's tale /
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
The handmaid's tale / by Margaret Atwood. - Large print edition. - 529 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print core .
This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction. In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have no rights to their bodies or property and are completely dependent upon men. Those women who have had at least one child find themselves forced into the role of breeding machine, producing children for childless couples. References to 20th-century issues abound, including Agent Orange, abortion, women's rights, and escape attempts to Canada.
9781432838478 1432838474 9781432838485 1432838482
2017006180
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Misogyny--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Large type books.
Fantasy fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
The handmaid's tale / by Margaret Atwood. - Large print edition. - 529 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. - - Thorndike Press large print core .
This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction. In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have no rights to their bodies or property and are completely dependent upon men. Those women who have had at least one child find themselves forced into the role of breeding machine, producing children for childless couples. References to 20th-century issues abound, including Agent Orange, abortion, women's rights, and escape attempts to Canada.
9781432838478 1432838474 9781432838485 1432838482
2017006180
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Misogyny--Fiction.
Women--Fiction.
Large type books.
Fantasy fiction.
Dystopian fiction.