THE HANDMAID'S TALE

LARGE PRINT EDITION. Novel. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. It is at once a scathing satire, and a dire warning.