![]() ![]() In this world, infertility and birth defects are rampant, and high-ranking men qualify for handmaids in order to bear them children. Remember the story of Abraham and Sarah? Remember how God promised Sarah a child but she didn't believe she could conceive in her old age and sent her maid in her place to conceive a child with Abraham? That is where the handmaids in Atwood's world come in. The premise of handmaids is based on Old Testament practices of a husband sleeping with his wife's maid to have children when the wife is infertile. And by everything, I mean I started appreciating driving, going to work, putting on makeup, taking a shower, having my own money, making my own choices, picking out my own clothes, my cat, everything about my life. It is a book that makes you think, and makes you appreciate everything that you have. ![]() ![]() The Handmaid's Tale is not an easy read and it is not escapist fiction, like I usually read. I saw that it was dystopia and thought, why not? Now I'm really glad I read it because this is not a book to miss out on. I bought it on a whim for my Nook because the e-book was on sale at Barnes and Noble. ![]() Much like Orwell's 1984, the only other classic dystopian literature I've read, I know I'll be thinking about The Handmaid's Tale for a long time. ![]()
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