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#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.

First Edition, First Printing. Blue Board Covers with silver lettering and blind-stamped designs on front cover; lower right front and lower left rear corners are bumped; dark blue endpapers; book edges are clean; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 419 pages; dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean and bright with no noted defects except for the bumped lower corners and inside front flap is creased at lower right corner

Hardcover in fine- condition, a miniscule nick in the papper bottom edge, else Fine. Contents appear unread. Dustcover is also Fine. 432 pgs.

A fine copy in a fine mylar protected DJ. Stated 1st edition with complete number line starting with 1. DJ has some minor general wear. 8vo; 432 pages.

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.

Size: 6x1x9; Unmarked hardcover in unclipped jacket. Stated First Edition with full number line. Appears as if never opened.