Displaying 1 of 1 1998 Format: Book Author: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Title: The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood. Edition: First Anchor books edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 1998. Description: xix, 311 pages ; 21 cm. Summary: 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 years 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. Notes: Originally published: New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1986. Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.4 14.0 8109. Reading Counts RC High School 9 16 Quiz: 13181 Guided reading level: NR. Some Davenport copies may be shelved in Book Club section. Series: Everyman's library ; 301 Everyman's library ; 301. Subjects: Theocracy -- Fiction. Misogyny -- Fiction. Dystopias -- Fiction. Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Women -- Fiction. Canadian fiction -- 20th century. Dystopias. Attitude to Health -- Fictional Works. Feminism -- Fictional Works. Literature, Modern Authors, Canadian (English) -- 20th century. FICTION / Dystopian. FICTION / Political. FICTION / Science Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Misogyny -- Fiction. Women -- Fiction. Misogyny -- Fiction. Women -- Fiction. Man-woman relationships -- Fiction. Genre: Speculative fiction. Fictional Work Fantasy fiction. Dystopias. Novels. Dystopian fiction. Science fiction. Contents: Introduction -- Night -- Shopping -- Night -- Waiting room -- Nap -- Household -- Night -- Birth day -- Night -- Soul scrolls -- Night -- Jezebel's -- Night -- Salvaging -- Night -- Historical notes. LCCN: 97042966 ISBN: 038549081X 9780385490818 9780808598299 0808598295 0606181245 9780606181242 0395404258 9780395404256 9781328879943 1328879941 0307264602 9780307264602 0738305030 9780738305035 9781439501436 1439501432 9780329276287 032927628X 9780329535438 0329535439 9780525435006 052543500X 9780385490818 System Availability: 15 Current Holds: 0 Control Number: 422872 Other Number: 37806202 # System items in: 13 Place A Hold Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
