The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood.
Series: Canada reads ; 2002Publication details: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1985.Description: 1 v. (various pagings)ISBN:- 9780735253308 (2017 Emblem TV TieIn ed.)
- 9780771008795 (2011 Emblem trade pbk.)
- 9780771008139 (1985 McLelland & Stewart hc.)
- C813/.54 19
- Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1987.
- Winner of the Governor-General's Award for fiction, 1985.
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Fiction | Flesherton Branch Shelves | FIC Atwoo (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 32241001120890 | |||
Fiction | Kimberley Branch Shelves | FIC Atwoo (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36990002028702 | |||
Fiction | Markdale Branch Shelves | FIC Atwoo (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | replacement copy | 33436003171060 |
"In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies? 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 only valued if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the days 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.... "--Publisher.
Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 1987.
Winner of the Governor-General's Award for fiction, 1985.
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