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Series
Handmaid's tale volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
In a dystopic future where a religion-based autocracy rules the country, women are second class citizens and after attempting to escape, June is sentenced to be a handmaid whose role is to bear children for childless government officials.
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"June faces consequences for killing Commander Waterford while struggling to redefine her identity and purpose. The widowed Serena attempts to raise her profile in Toronto as Gilead's influence creeps into Canada. Commander Lawrence works with Nick and Aunt Lydia as he tries to reform Gilead and rise to power. June, Lucke, and Moira fight Gilead from a distance as they continue their mission to save and reunite with Hannah." --Provided by publisher....
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Handmaid June finds herself once again in resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead after opting not to flee to Canada with her baby at the end of the second season. Now, she will struggle to strike back against the regime despite overwhelming odds. This season there are startling reunions, betrayals and a journey to the terrifying heart of Gilead that will force all of the characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: Blessed be the...
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
In the futuristic Republic of Gilead, where ecological disasters have ravaged the land, only a few women, called Handmaids, can still bear children. Handmaid Kate is sent to the home of the 'Commander' to bear his child for his infertile wife; but, revolutionaries seeking to overthrow the government plan to use Kate to assassinate the Commander. Kate risks her life to break free and strike a fatal blow for the revolution.