Atwood’s electrifying Gilead sequel, dark and gripping.
In this Booker Prize winning sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Gilead is rotting from within as two girls’ lives collide with the formidable Aunt Lydia. Long-buried truths surface as the regime begins to crack.
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Atwood’s electrifying Gilead sequel, dark and gripping.
In this Booker Prize winning sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, Gilead is rotting from within as two girls’ lives collide with the formidable Aunt Lydia. Long-buried truths surface as the regime begins to crack.
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In this electrifying sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood answers the question that has tantalised readers for decades: What happened to Offred?
The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless Aunt Lydia.
But how far will each go for what she believes?
'Gripping' Guardian
'Powerful' The Times
'Urgent, moving and as tense as any thriller' Mail on Sunday
Ideal for readers who…
- want the must-read sequel that expands the world of The Handmaid’s Tale and deepens its mysteries
- love dystopian fiction with political bite, moral complexity, and high-stakes resistance
- are fascinated by Aunt Lydia and want to see power, survival, and complicity from the inside
- enjoy propulsive, thriller-paced storytelling told through multiple perspectives
- are looking for an urgent, modern classic that’s as moving as it is gripping
- About The Author
- Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic The Handmaid's Tale was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and shared the Booker Prize. Her most recent publications are the poetry collections Dearly and Paper Boat; Burning Questions, a selection of essays; Old Babes in the Wood, a volume of short stories; and Book of Lives, her memoir. Atwood is a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, and has won numerous awards including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
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- ISBN
- 9781529994278
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Vintage, (09 April 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 435
- Weight
- 320 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 197 x 128 x 30 mm
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