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The testaments / Margaret Atwood.

Atwood, Margaret, 1939- (author.). Atwood, Margaret, 1939- Sequel to: Handmaid's tale. (Added Author).

Summary:

Fifteen years after the events of the Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up on opposite sides of the border: one in Gilead as the privileged daughter of an important Commander, and one in Canada, where she marches in anti-Gilead protests and watches news of its horrors on TV. The testimonies of these two young women, part of the first generation to come of age in the new order, are braided with a third voice: that of one of the regime's enforcers, a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. Long-buried secrets are what finally bring these three together, forcing each of them to come to terms with who she is and how far she will go for what she believes. As Atwood unfolds the stories of the women of the Testaments, she opens up our view of the innermost workings of Gilead in a triumphant blend of riveting suspense, blazing wit, and virtuosic world-building. -- from book jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780385543781
ISBN: 9780780460508
ISBN: 0385543786
Physical Description: x, 419 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Nan A. Talese/Doublelday, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Series numeration from FantasticFiction. Sequel to: The Handmaid's Tale.
Formatted Contents Note:	Statue -- Precious flower -- Hymn -- The clothes hound -- Van -- Six for dead -- Stadium -- Carnarvon -- Thank tank -- Spring green -- Sackcloth -- Carpitz -- Secateurs -- Ardua Hall -- Fox and cat -- Pearl girls -- Perfect teeth -- Reading room -- Study -- Bloodlines -- Fast and thick -- Heartstopper -- Wall -- The Nellie J. Banks -- Wakeup -- Landfall -- Sendoff -- The thirteenth symposium.
Target Audience Note:	HL790L Lexile.