Have you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? Do you want to know what happened with Offred,how she ended up? The wait is over and renowned author Margaret Atwood has answers to all your questions you have been asking yourself for far too long! The first book finished with Offred stepping into light or darkness. Did she survive? Is she dead or is she happily reunited with Luke and her daughter sitting on a porch? It felt like Atwood left us to decide what happens with Offred but as every bookworm we always want more. We simply can not get enough of a page-turner like "The Handmaid's Tale". So,what happens actually inside of "The Testaments"? Margaret says:"Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in." It sounds promising,right? The story continues nearly 15 years later after Offred walked into the unknown and it includes testaments of three female narrators talking about what happened to them during the time of the Republic. The three women are: Aunt Lydia, Agnes, a young woman in Gilead; and Daisy, a young woman in Canada. The two younger women are Offred's daughters. Agnes was adopted by a Gileadan family after being taken away from Offred She is being prepared for her assigned role as the future wife of a commande.Daisy,one the other hand, was smuggled out of Gilead and was placed for adoption. She was adopted by a Canadina family in Toronto and grew up without ever knowing anything about her sister,mother or her origins. If you want to know more about this newest novel of this brilliant author,go to your nearest bookshop and ask for a copy! I bet it will blow our minds. Since reading the "The Handmaid's Tale" if have been a huge fan of Atwood's and cannot wait to dive into a new adventure. Critics have shorlisted it for the 2019 Booker Prize and longlisted it for 2019 Giller prize while it was released only 9 days ago! Mind-blowing! Go get your copies and let me know what you think about it but no spoilers please! Follow Margaret Atwood on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42975172-the-testaments Order your "The Testaments" copy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385543786/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sin?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_w_bb_sin-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0385543786&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2
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