The Handmaid's Tale (11)

The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood

I read this book in about 1990, and enjoyed it. Last year I picked up another copy and finally got around to reading it. This is a dystopic story of a world gone wrong. Birth rates fall to a negative and fertile woman are rare.. they are rounded up and doled out to influential people.. essentially for breeding purposes. It is the story of one such woman and how she came to be there.
An excellent book for those who like dystopic stories.. dystopia being the opposite of utopia. Much in the vain of 1984, but in a different, but equally dark direction.