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SUMMARY:Book Club
LOCATION:Please contact Carol S. for the details
DESCRIPTION: \n
Dear Members, this event is now full booked! Please contact Carol S. f
or the details\n
Book Club\nWhen: November 21, 2018 at 7:00 PM Where: TBA\n
\nDear Book Friends,\n\nAt our November Book Club meeting we will discuss T
he Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, which was one of the first books the
relaunched Book Club read in 2015. Nevertheless, we decided to revisit thi
s 1985 novel because we have many new members in the group and because it i
s relevant today, not just because of the popular TV series. "Atwood concei
ved the novel as ‘speculative fiction,’ a work that imagines a future that
could conceivably happen without any advances in technology from the presen
t. ... Every aspect of the book was inspired by social and political events
of the early 1980s, when she wrote it. Because of this, Atwood’s novel has
an eerie way of always feeling of the moment, as it turns out, from its fi
rst publication through every other iteration that has followed. When it de
buted in 1985, Atwood even took newspaper clips to her interviews about the
book to show her plot points’ real-life antecedents." (Jennifer Keishin Ar
mstrong, BBC)\n\nSynopsis from the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt:\nTh
e Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable t
o forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes
life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of G
ilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply decl
ining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intoleran
ce of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutel
y at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its popul
ation.\n\nThe story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortun
ate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose,
by turns cool- eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals t
o us the dark corners behind the establishment’s calm facade, as certain te
ndencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Han
dmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. I
t is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Marg
aret Atwood at her best.\n\nThe next scheduled Book Club meeting will take
place on January 16, 2019. We will reading Catherine the Great: Portrait of
a Woman by Robert Massie. This is a narrative biography of a German prince
ss who went to Russia at 14 and became one of the most powerful women in hi
story—"a great story in the hands of a master story teller". 625 pp\n\nWe h
ope that you can join us!\n\nBest regards,\nCarol S (This email address is
being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) (ma
ilto:fawcorep.awch@gmail.com)\n\n\n\n
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Dear Members, this event is now full booked! Please con
tact Carol S. for the details
Book Club
When: November 21, 2018 at 7:00 PM Where: TBA
Dear Book Friend
s,
At our November Book Club meeting we will discuss The Han
dmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, which was one of the first books the
relaunched Book Club read in 2015. Nevertheless, we decided to revisit this
1985 novel because we have many new members in the group and because it is
relevant today, not just because of the popular TV series. "Atwood conceiv
ed the novel as ‘speculative fiction,’ a work that imagines a future that c
ould conceivably happen without any advances in technology from the present
. ... Every aspect of the book was inspired by social and political events
of the early 1980s, when she wrote it. Because of this, Atwood’s novel has
an eerie way of always feeling of the moment, as it turns out, from its fir
st publication through every other iteration that has followed. When it deb
uted in 1985, Atwood even took newspaper clips to her interviews about the
book to show her plot points’ real-life antecedents." (Jennifer Keishin Arm
strong, BBC)
Synopsis from the publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcou
rt:
The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel of such power that the rea
der will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near f
uture, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now call
ed the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unres
t and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the
repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book
of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women
and men in its population.
The story is told through the eyes of
Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In co
ndensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool- eyed, tender, despairing, passio
nate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment’
s calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their
logical conclusions. The Handmaid’s Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying,
and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and
a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.
The next sc
heduled Book Club meeting will take place on January 16, 2019. We will read
ing Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert Massie. Thi
s is a narrative biography of a German princess who went to Russia at 14 an
d became one of the most powerful women in history—"a great story in the ha
nds of a master story teller". 625 pp
We hope that you can join
us!
Best regards,
Carol S (This email address is being protected
from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
)
CONTACT:Carol S. - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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