The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION / 1987]

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 

FIRST U.S. PAPERBACK EDITION / 9th PRINT [1987] FAWCETT CREST

First U.S. mass market edition with peek-a-boo dual layer cover art. 

Cover has some visible wear but reads nicely. Excellent vintage reading copy!

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...