I re-read this, in Decmeber 2017, after seeing he TV adaptation. I enjoyed it more this time than the first time I read it. Knowing what was going to happen did not detract at all from the re reading. In fact I understood it all more.
Set in a Dystopian Gilead, there is a shortage of children and the human race faces extinction if action is not taken. The authorities use women( Handmaids) who have previously had a successful pregnancy and use them to breed. Only high ranking men are allowed to fertilise the woman. I love this book, for all it's doom and gloom. Offred (Of Fred) is a feisty woman, who remembers the freedom of her previous life and rebels against this one.
Highly recommended
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