HANDMAIDS TALE (VINTAGE CLASSICS) (PB)

Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire… Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.