The handmaid's tale

Margaret Atwood
large type - 2017

In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have no rights to their bodies or property and are completely dependent upon men. Those women who have had at least one child find themselves forced into the role of breeding machine, producing children for childless couples. References to 20th-century issues abound, including Agent Orange, abortion, women's rights, and escape attempts to Canada. At least 14 different readers make it easy for the listener to distinguish among the various characters.

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Main Author: Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
Edition:Large print edition.
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