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Doubleday, USA, 2019, hardcover, 1st edition, 1st printing, fine book in a fine jacket, unclipped jacket, unmarked, not remaindered, bookclub or library

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEAMAZON EDITORS PICK FOR THE BEST BOOK OF 2019The Testaments is a modern masterpiece, a powerful novel that can be read on its own or as a companion to Margaret Atwoods classic, The Handmaids 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 radically different 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 a third: Aunt Lydia. Her 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.

Large octavo in dark blue DJ, x, 419 pages; 25 cm. Pregnancy -- Social aspects -- Fiction, Dystopian. "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 radically different 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 a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she 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"--Publisher description. Contents: Statue -- Precious flower -- Hymn -- The clothes hound -- Van -- Six for dead -- Stadium -- Carnarvon -- Thank tank -- Spring green -- Sackcloth -- Carpitz -- Secateurs -- Ardua Hall -- Fox and cat -- Pearl girls -- Perfect teeth -- Reading room -- Study -- Bloodlines -- Fast and thick -- Heartstopper -- Wall -- The Nellie J. Banks -- Wakeup -- Landfall -- Sendoff -- The thirteenth symposium. Extremely mild rubbing to spine foot, extremely gently rubbed corners, very light soiling to rear DJ, extremely faint soiling to front DJ and spine, bright pages in tight binding, else Near Fine(+) in Near Fine(-) DJ.

NF/NF. First US edition, first printing. 419 pp.

Standard used condition. Reading copy or better.

New York:: Doubleday,, (2019). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corner slightly bumped, a bit of discoloration to top edge of textblock) . First US printing. Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, set 15 years later - Gilead continues to maintain its grip on power, but there signs it is beginning to rot from within. This is the story of three women - one who has grown up in Gilead as the daughter of an important commander, another in Canada who marches in anti-Gilead protests, and one who was one of the regime's enforcers. Winner of the Booker Prize. 415 pp.

First edition/ First printing. Book is in Fine, unread condition. Dust jacket is Fine, with slight rubbing.

First edition, Later printing. Not price clipped. NOT REMAINDER marked. NOT ex library. Not Book Club Shipped in a box. Fine/Fine.

Size: 6x1x9; First edition; full number line. Hardbound book in clean sharp cornered condition, lightly read if at all, with a trace of shelf bumping to tail of spine. Dust jacket in mylar is likewise crisp and clean.

First edition, First printing. Not inscribed, Not remaindered, Not ex Library, Not Book club. Number line including a 1. Dust jacket in protective cover and shipped in a box. Fine.