It turns out that I have an emerging love for dystopian novels, and I could not get enough of this book. Atwood's tale was totally believable, totally horrifying, and extremely creative. Imagine if the most right-wing extremist Christian sect you can think of took over the U.S. government in one fell swoop, relegated women to "their place", and on top of everything, there was a global fertility problem. The solution being for the few fertile women that existed to be made Handmaids, and given to the leaders and their wives. My overly succinct summary does not do it justice! I promise it's worth reading.
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