The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION / 1986]

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 

FIRST BOOK CLUB EDITION [1986] HOUGHTON-MIFFLIN CO.

Hardcover with dust jacket.  Virtually identical to the U.S. first edition, but without price on jacket or printing stated on copyright page.

Dust jacket is overall in good shape with a bit of wear and tear to edges.   Isolated torn spot of water damage to upper rear corner [ and some general edge wear to spine and back]  Otherwise very nice.  Front looks great. 

Book itself is in excellent condition and reads like new.  Ex-libris sticker from orig. owner on inside cover. Page 161/162 has a sealed margin tear [see last photos. ] Otherwise, book reads like new.  Minor corner wear to cover.

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if their ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she lived and made love with her husband, Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now...