![]() ![]() ![]() As Agnes ventures forth, a mysterious connection grows between her and the Virus. Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United. The scene changes to her current residence, where she lives with a Commander and his wife, Serena Joy. But it isn’t safe Outside, either: A viral pandemic is burning through the population at a terrifying rate. The novel begins with Offred, the first-person narrator, remembering her restricted life at the Rachel and Leah Center, a training camp for Handmaids in an old high school. Is she a sinner for saving him? Is her sister, Beth, a sinner for dreaming of the world beyond Red Creek?Īs the Prophet grows more dangerous, Agnes realizes she must escape with Ezekiel and leave everyone else, including Beth, behind. Her younger brother, Ezekiel, will die without the insulin she barters for once a month, even though medicine is considered outlawed. Then Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, and begins to question what is and isn’t a sin. What she doesn’t know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet. ![]() There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town’s strict laws. In Margaret Atwoods dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining. The Handmaid’s Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the world Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse. Agnes loves her home of Red Creek-its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God. Look for The Testaments, the sequel to The Handmaids Tale, available now. ![]()
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