Hugonauts: The Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time — The Handmaid's Tale - A chilling, theocratic dystopian classic!

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The Handmaid's Tale - A chilling, theocratic dystopian classic!

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The story is told via the diary of a Handmaid - a young woman living in Gilead, an extremely repressive, patriarchal society that has taken over the United States. We explore the dark world through her eyes, and follow her struggle to express herself, escape, or just take control back over any part of her life. What…

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