{"product_id":"the-handmaids-tale-by-margaret-atwood-9780099511663","title":"The Handmaid's Tale","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCompulsively readable\u003c\/em\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover the dystopian novel that started a phenomenon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOffred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means 'of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist' Bernadine Evaristo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46298755793132,"sku":"9780099511663","price":21.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11205463482223.jpg?v=1743040409","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-handmaids-tale-by-margaret-atwood-9780099511663","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}