Despite the over saturation of dystopian fiction in the past few years, it’s impossible to overlook Margaret Atwood’s unforgettable 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale. It’s one that I’ve meant to read for so long, and was very excited that we set ourselves the task to read it for the Required Reading Revisited Book Club. My expectations were already high, and Atwood far surpassed them. She set the bar high for everyone after her in terms of building a world that is unique, complex, and true to itself.
Offred is a woman chosen to bear children in a newly formed society where women’s roles are chosen by a theocratic government, and their lives are extremely limited and closely monitored as a result. Offred must learn to navigate this new world while she longs for the past.
Atwood manages to balance the larger societal issues with the smaller human ones with such ease. She has the power to break your heart with a few choice words. Twenty-eight years later and the story still has such strong relevance.
I can’t wait to delve into a discussion about this amazing book because it poses such big questions – about the meaning of freedom, about women’s right, about love and loss and loyalty and friendship. Come join us for the Required Reading Revisited Book Club meeting on December 8th at 5:00 P.M.!
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I so wish that I was living in Austin for this discussion! It’s one I’ve been craving to have since High School, when I first read this amazing book. Can’t wait to move to your lovely city come January 1st and partake in book club talks. 🙂
Awesome! Welcome to town (almost). We have a TON of book clubs. Hope to see you at one of them!
I absolutely adored Oryx and Crake but couldn’t get into this one. Never been sure why. She had something to say and she had the chops to write about it, but it didn’t quite come off.
For me, that is. I realise other people appreciate it.
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