http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Handmaid%27s_Tale
excerpt:
The Handmaid's Tale takes place in the Republic of Gilead, a country
formed within the borders of what was originally the United States of
America after nuclear, biological, and chemical pollution rendered a
large portion of the population sterile and a staged terrorist attack
killed the President and Congress. After the attack, a revolution
occurred which deposed the United States government and abolished the
US Constitution. New theocratic governments, including the Republic of
Gilead, were formed under the rule of a military dictatorship.
The story is told from the point of view of a woman code-named Offred,
who is kept as a concubine ("handmaid") by the ruling class shortly
after the beginning of what is called in the epilogue the Gilead
period. The story's narrative is disjointed and out of order and ends
abruptly, which is revealed at the end to be caused by its supposedly
having been narrated onto a series of unnumbered audio tapes.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Ray Champagne <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Took the words right out of my mouth.
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> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:57 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> What's it about? If it's truly disturbing, i may have to read it.....
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>> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> > It's an extremely well written book, but I would never read it again.
>> > Scary stuff.
>> >
>> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
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>> > > God, I would never watch the handmaiden's tale movie.
>> > >
>> > > I read that book in 1986, in october, near the end. hated it. scared
>> the
>> > > crap out of me. remember it vividly. Margaret Atwood, I think?
>> > >
>> > > still to this day, many of my bad nightmares that literally wake me up
>> > > revolve around that story.
>> > >
>> > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 1:34 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <
>> > > [email protected]> wrote:
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>> > >> The movie I remember her from is "The Handmaiden's Tale". Loved that
>> > >> movie. Of course it helped that I thought she was gorgeous in that
>> > >> movie.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > >
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