{"id":8076,"date":"2019-01-11T11:48:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T07:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2019-01-11T11:49:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T07:49:04","slug":"margaret-atwood-announces-sequel-to-the-handmaids-tale-the-testaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/margaret-atwood-announces-sequel-to-the-handmaids-tale-the-testaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Margaret Atwood announces sequel to The Handmaid\u2019s Tale: The Testaments"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Everything you\u2019ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything!\u2019 – Margaret Atwood
\nSince the election of Donald Trump as US President,\u00a0Handmaids\u00a0<\/i>have become a symbol of women\u2019s rights, standing against misogyny. Now, we can reveal that Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel.\u00a0Here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n

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The Testaments<\/i>\u00a0by Margaret Atwood is the sequel to\u00a0The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/i>, and is narrated by\u00a0three\u00a0female characters.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s set 15 years after Offred\u2019s final scene, the moment when the van door slams and she is about to be driven off to an uncertain future \u2013 one either of freedom, more torture and imprisonment, or even death. We just don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Talking about the book, Margaret Atwood said, \u2018Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Testaments<\/i>\u00a0will be published worldwide on 10 September 2019. You can pre-order the book\u00a0from the following e-mail : englishbookteam@englishbook.ge<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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