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The handmaid's tale is a story about a futuristic religious right society that has taken over the United States and the subservient role of women in that society. There is a underground railroad of sorts that tries to smuggle women to Canada and to freedom and a militant group called Mayday that is trying to over throw the new regime. The story takes place at what was once Harvard and the surrounding community. There is a shortage of Caucasian babies as a result of birth defects from pollution, birth control, and abortion that all took place prior to the take over so one of the main goals of the new government is to produce white babies. It is the method of how they are trying to get the white women to have white babies and control the white babies lives after they are born that the story weaves around. This is the third Margaret Atwood novel I have read. She is one of my favorite authors. That being said, I can only read one of her books every couple years because her work is so dark that her books stay with me. If a person is open to stretching their mind I highly recommend reading her writing. Please click on the book title and author's name above to follow the links to more information. And enjoy the video that follows.
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