{"product_id":"the-hand-maids-tale-by-margaret-atwood","title":"The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"bookDetailsWrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"has-size col-md-push-6 col-md-6 col-sm-12\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details\" data-mh=\"details\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"h6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel brilliantly conceived and executed as a view of the world through the Orwellian looking glass from a female perspective.  Available from Looking Glass Books in a beautiful hardback edition as well as an equally lovely and more affordable paperback. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"h6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"h6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSet in the Republic of Gilead, a \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003etotalitarian regime that has overthrown the U.S government and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003edue to environmental disasters and declining birthrates, fertile women, called Handmaids, are forced into reproductive servitude for the ruling elite.  The story follows Offred - a Handmaid assigned to a high-ranking Commander and his wife, Serena Joy - as she navigates life under Gilead's harsh rules.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Classic Literature Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42524165374108,"sku":"","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42524165406876,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/5703\/3628\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-by-margaret-atwood-278863.jpg?v=1703859963","url":"https:\/\/classicliteraturebookshop.com\/products\/the-hand-maids-tale-by-margaret-atwood","provider":"The Classic Literature Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}