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Literary Fiction · TenseFifteen years after The Handmaid's Tale, three women tell the story of Gilead's decline
The Testaments
2019432 pagesEasy readFast pace
★ Booker Prize, 2019
The sequel to The Handmaid's Tale
Fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, three women's accounts show life inside the regime of Gilead. They include the powerful Aunt Lydia and two young women, one raised in Gilead and one in Canada. It shared the 2019 Booker Prize with Girl, Woman, Other.
More about this book
Who
Aunt Lydia and two young women, Agnes and Daisy.
World
Gilead and Canada.
What makes it different
It was a joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
Feel
Gripping and bleak.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The TestamentsWikipedia