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books about: handmaid

books:

Handmaid of the Lord
Adrienne Von Speyr

Ignatius Press, 1985

555 reviews
Margaret Atwood

Anchor, 1998

A typical futuristic tale from Margaret Atwood
An interesting read from Margaret Atwood. This is definitely a story noire, set in the not too distant future in a dictatorial, 'Orwellian' society . Life is a struggle and one does whatever one has to do, just to get by. And whatever one has to do just to get by, is usually controlled by the state. I like Margaret Atwood's style of story telling; she takes a decidedly different plot and ...

The Handmaid and the Carpenter: A Novel

27 reviews
Elizabeth Berg

Random House, 2006

Lovely story
Although this book is fiction, the story is real. It reminds us that Mary and Joseph were "human" and had the same feelings and frustrations as the rest of mankind. The book is not great literature, but it allows the reader(both adult and teen) some time for reflection during the hectic Christmas season.

The "Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood (York Notes Advanced)
Neil McEwan

Longman, 2003

The Royal Handmaid: 1935 (The House of Winslow #32)

1 review
Gilbert Morris

Bethany House Publishers, 2004

Decent HOW book but there are better
The House of Winslow as a whole is absolutely riveting. This particular book is decent but not one of the best in the series. Rena Matthews is a stuck up control freak for a good portion of the book, but then she comes around, eventually. Nothing like a good dose of "lost on a tropical island" to get one's head out of the clouds. The heavy characterization really shines through her. ...

The Handmaid's Tale (Cliffs Notes)

25 reviews
Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Cliffs Notes, 1994

A very helpful guide to understand Atwood's dystopic novel
This review is actually of Mary Ellen Snodgrass' Cliff Notes for "The Handmaid's Tale" and not Margaret Atwood's novel, which is one of the few late 20th-century works for which there is a little yellow book. Snodgrass begins with a concise review of Atwood's life, background and published works. By way of setting up the novel, Snodgrass takes the rather unusual step of providing comments from ...

Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale (Bloom's Guides)

1 review

Chelsea House Publications, 2003

Why Would Anyone Give This Only 4 Stars?
This is easily the most impactful book I have ever read. It is brilliant, in every sense of the word. Every woman should own a copy! "Progressed" men will benefit, too. If you can avoid reading the reviews of this book that describe the whole thing, you'll enjoy it a lot more. I hate when people tell me the story before I get a chance to read it. Be prepared, this book has a strong message.

Margaret Atwood : the Handmaid's Tale
Helen Greven

Didier érudition, 1998

Handmaids of the Lord: Contemporary Descriptions of Feminine Asceticism in the First Six Christian Centuries ...

Cistercian Publications, 1996

Empress and Handmaid: Nature and Gender in the Cult of the Virgin Mary
Sarah Jane Boss

Cassell, 2000

The Handmaid of Desire

11 reviews
John L' Heureux

Soho Press, 2003

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
I am one of the "fools". Well, that's the only sympathetic group in this novel, and they are marginalized. With personal experience of a college French department where the dominant element would gladly push out that pesky language and literature and style itself The Department of Theory and Discourse, I admit that much of my delight in this satire comes from the in jokes. However, there is ...