Ballymena Book Club read The Handmaids Tale
This month the Ballymena book club will be read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The is is a modern classic which is set in the Republic of Gilead, a land where women have had all of their rights removed and everything is not quite what it seems to be. The book is set in the US, after a fundamentalist group have over thrown the government and killed the President and Members of Congress. They impose their own regime to take away the right of women, judging them on the marital status, age, and most importantly their fertility. Clothed in...
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