Atwood writing 'Handmaid's Tale' sequel, out in 2019

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Source: Associated Press

Atwood writing ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ sequel, out in 2019

November 28, 2018

NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to public demand, and a certain American president, Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to her million-selling “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

“The Testaments” will be published next September by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, the publisher announced Wednesday. The book is set 15 years after the final scene of Offred, narrator of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Atwood’s novel about a dystopian society in the imagined land of Gilead was a best seller when first published in 1985 and was back on the charts after Donald Trump’s election in 2016. The novel is also the basis for an acclaimed miniseries on Hulu.

Atwood, a Canadian author, said in a statement that the sequel was inspired by readers’ questions about Gilead and by the “world we’ve been living in.”

https://apnews.com/ed7f042ea8ba4a8c9e00c37a932c4ef8

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2. This is the best news I've heard this month. I read the book when it hit the scene in 1985 and

loved it then. Watched the series on hulu and loved that as well. I look forward to reading yet another work by M. Atwood. I have read all of her book, watched every adaptation of her works. I truly appreciate her take on life, culture, politics. She is a treasure.