The Testaments
The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
Gilead told from inside its machinery, fifteen years on, by three women who could bring the regime down. Booker winner
Atwood returned to Gilead thirty-four years after The Handmaid’s Tale, and won a second Booker for it. Set fifteen years on, the novel is narrated by three women, including the formidable Aunt Lydia, whose testimony reveals how the regime works from the inside and how it might be brought down. Where the first book was a scream from within, this one is a study of complicity, resistance and the long game of ending a tyranny.
As an Amazon Associate, bookstoread.org earns from qualifying purchases. Links to Amazon on this page may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Spotted an error on this page? Tell us and we will fix it.