AUTHOR: Margaret Atwood
ISBN: 038549081X
Plot Summary: Offred is a Handmaid of the Republic of Gilead, where women do not control their own bodies. Women are no longer allowed to read, and once a month she must subject herself to 'the Commander' and pray he will make her pregnant--or she will be worthless.
Word from the mouse: ...like 1984 except from a female pov. Full Review
Complaints: Sexual themes, offensive language
Removed from the Chicopee, Mass. High School English class reading list because it contains profanity and sex.
Solonor Says Ban It Because: Hey! Don't ban this one! It's every Bubba's paradise!
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Book-A-Minute SF/F: The Handmaid's Tale