The Handmaid's TaleThe Handmaid's Tale

"Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. Once a month, 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 are no longer allowed to read. Once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember when she lived and made love with her husband and played with her daughter. When she had a job, money, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now."-