The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (FIRST PRINTING) BLM_TAG ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal

ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness

FIRST EDITION / FIRST PRINTING [1988] HENRY HOLT & CO

During their journey

Much to Orual's frustration

UK IMPORT PAPERBACK [1979] PENGUIN BOOKS

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (FIRST PRINTING) BLM_TAG ribald and devastatingly honest portrayalFIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING [1988] HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. Beautiful copy. Dust jacket has some very mild shelf wear and a hint of tanning to edges. Book itself is like new, with the name of prev. owner written in corner of pre title page. Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. 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