The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood 331 pages
The novel that takes place in the future where religion has taken over in a very extreme way and fertility is at an all time low. Women who are fertile are assigned as "handmaids" to a wealthy family where they are given food and shelter in return for making and carrying a baby with the "commander" of the house. If they are successful in having a healthy child, the handmaids will give the baby to the family and be assigned to a different family. There reward is that they will be saved from the "colonies." This is a story about one of the handmaids.
I found the book to be very disturbing but it was extremely creative and well thought out, it was very thought provoking and I would recommend it.
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