If you’ve seen the “Handmaids tale” series then this book is a must for anyone who enjoyed the show! This book is in good condition with some minor wear and tear to it but over all still in great shape to read. Description of book: “A novel that brilliantly illuminates some of the darker interconnections of politics and sex… Just as the world of Orwell’s 1984 gripped our imaginations, so well the world of Atwood’s handmaid.” -The Washington Post Book World OFFRED IS A HANDMAID in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that’s gone now…