19 powerful and frightening books that every woman should read:
This novel, which was written in the 1930s, takes place in a worryingly familiar 2020.tells of a society that has largely collapsed due to climate change, growing wealth inequality and corporate greed. Young teenager Lauren Olamina lives inside a gated community, where she is sheltered from the surrounding anarchy as outsiders prepare to do whatever they must to combat global water shortages.
There is more to Lauren than meets the eye, though: she suffers from hyperempathy, a debilitating sensitivity to others’ emotions. And she soon realises that this dubious gift is key to the survival of humankind.
Set in the not-so-distant future, it takes place in Gilead ; after a series of environmental disasters and plunging birth rates, the Commanders of Gilead strip away women’s rights and annex them as property of the state. They are soon forced into sexual servitude in a bid to repopulate a devastated world. Our narrator, Offred, is one such woman.
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