The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale

Number one New York Times best seller Winner of the Booker Prize The Testaments is a modern masterpiece a powerful novel that can be enjoyed on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwood’s classic The Handmaid’s Tale . More than 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment the lives of three radically different women converge with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third: Aunt Lydia. Her complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced t