The Testaments - Margaret Atwood
Atwood is at it again, coming up with another Booker Award Book. This book is a 35 year follow up to The Handmaid Tale for those who wanted to know what happened to Gilead.
The narrative in Testaments was made by Aunt Lydia, a captive judge turned powerful Aunt in Gilead, Agnes, a girl who barely escaped an arranged marriage to the most powerful Commander Judd by becoming an Aunt, Agnes' sidekick, Becka who joined the order of the Aunts to get away from men in general and Baby Nicole, Agnes' half sister and living in free Canada as a adoptive refugee.
Religion was exploited for power and control in Gilead ,with men changing wives and having babies through Handmaids. Households among elites were dysfunctional as parents were merely custodians of children through surrogate births.
By a twist of fate and willful manipulation of Lydia, 2 half sisters on both sides of the border met. They were sent to free Canada to expose the hypocrisy of those in power in Gilead.
The downfall of Gilead was the result of the sacrifices of many people who were deemed insignificant. Indeed even the slightest cog is part of a bigger movement, a fact that is repeated over the story.
This story comes at the right time, at the height of the me-too movement and to a certain extent brings out the plight of women who are powerless, objectified sexual objects.
A good read and page turner, which I devoured in 2 days. Absolutely recommended.
The narrative in Testaments was made by Aunt Lydia, a captive judge turned powerful Aunt in Gilead, Agnes, a girl who barely escaped an arranged marriage to the most powerful Commander Judd by becoming an Aunt, Agnes' sidekick, Becka who joined the order of the Aunts to get away from men in general and Baby Nicole, Agnes' half sister and living in free Canada as a adoptive refugee.
Religion was exploited for power and control in Gilead ,with men changing wives and having babies through Handmaids. Households among elites were dysfunctional as parents were merely custodians of children through surrogate births.
By a twist of fate and willful manipulation of Lydia, 2 half sisters on both sides of the border met. They were sent to free Canada to expose the hypocrisy of those in power in Gilead.
The downfall of Gilead was the result of the sacrifices of many people who were deemed insignificant. Indeed even the slightest cog is part of a bigger movement, a fact that is repeated over the story.
This story comes at the right time, at the height of the me-too movement and to a certain extent brings out the plight of women who are powerless, objectified sexual objects.
A good read and page turner, which I devoured in 2 days. Absolutely recommended.
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