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The Handmaid’s Tale
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Start date
May 1, 2011
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May 1, 2011
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Dystopian

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Casey | Casey's Book Club
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Offred lives in a futuristic, post-American, hyper religious society where people are forced to follow moral rules without question. Assumed to be after a war and takeover of the American government, women especially are stripped of their choices, their ability to own their own property, have their own money, or work their own jobs. Women are forced to be in various castes - Wives, Handmaids, Marthas - and must follow the rules of each one or risk execution or worse. Beautifully told, this story ...more
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