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The Testaments
Dragon Award · 2020 · ShortlistBooker · 2019 · WinnerWomen's Prize · 2019 · ShortlistGoodreads Choice · 2019 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel | 2020 | Shortlist | “The Testaments by Margaret Atwood” |
| Booker Prize | 2019 | Winner | |
| Women's Prize for Fiction | 2019 | Shortlist | |
| Goodreads Choice Awards – FictionFiction | 2019 | Winner |
About This Book
The long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, told through three women's testimonies: Aunt Lydia, the compromised founder of the Gilead system; Agnes, a girl raised in Gilead; and Nicole, a young woman in Canada who has grown up in the shadow of Gilead's reach. Together they form a picture of a regime beginning to crack from within.
About the Author
Margaret AtwoodCanadian
Margaret Atwood was born on November 18, 1939, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She spent much of her childhood in northern Quebec due to her father's entomological research, not attending school full-time until age twelve. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1961 and earned an MA from Radcliffe College in 1962. Read more →
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