The Testaments (TV Tie-In) - by Margaret Atwood (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE - A gripping return to Gilead, The Testaments exposes the regime's inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall.

Coming soon as a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, and Lucy Halliday as Daisy.

The Testaments can be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood's classic, The Handmaid's Tale.

More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by that of Aunt Lydia, whose complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways.

With The Testaments, Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is and how far she will go for what she believes.

Review Quotes

"A chilling invitation no Atwood fan can resist . . . The Testaments reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil."
--People

"Margaret Atwood's powers are on full display . . . Everyone should read The Testaments."
--Los Angeles Times

"A fast, immersive narrative that's as propulsive as it is melodramatic."
--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

"The Testaments is worthy of the literary classic it continues. That's thanks in part to Atwood's capacity to surprise, even writing in a universe we think we know so well."
--USA Today

"The women of Gilead are more fascinating than ever."
--NPR

"There may be no novelist better suited to tapping the current era's anxieties than Margaret Atwood."
--Entertainment Weekly

"Powerful, revealing, and engaging."
--Boston Globe

"A rare treat . . . a corker of a plot, culminating in a breathless flight to freedom."
--Laura Miller, Slate.com

About the Author

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her novels include Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic, The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel, The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. Atwood has won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She lives in Toronto.