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Review Quotes:
"A chilling invitation no Atwood fan can resist . . .
The Testaments reminds us of the power of truth in the face of evil."
--
People
"Margaret Atwood's powers are on full display . . .
Everyone should read The Testaments."
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Los Angeles Times
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A fast, immersive narrative that's as propulsive as it is melodramatic."
--Michiko Kakutani,
The New York Times
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The Testaments is worthy of the literary classic it continues. That's thanks in part to Atwood's capacity to surprise, even writing in a universe we think we know so well."
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USA Today
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The women of Gilead are more fascinating than ever."
--NPR
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There may be no novelist better suited to tapping the current era's anxieties than Margaret Atwood."
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Entertainment Weekly
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Powerful, revealing, and engaging."
--Boston Globe
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A rare treat . . . a corker of a plot, culminating in a breathless flight to freedom."
--Laura Miller, Slate.com
Biographical Note:
Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry, and critical essays. Her novels include
Cat's Eye, The Robber Bride, Alias Grace, The Blind Assassin, and the MaddAddam trilogy. Her 1985 classic,
The Handmaid's Tale, was followed in 2019 by a sequel,
The Testaments, which was a global number one bestseller and won the Booker Prize. Atwood has won numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, the PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, she was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour for services to literature. She lives in Toronto.
Review Citations:
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Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2019 pg. 53 (EAN 9780385543781, Hardcover)
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Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2019 (EAN 9780385543781, Hardcover)
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Publishers Weekly 09/16/2019 (EAN 9780385543781, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Booklist 10/01/2019 pg. 26 (EAN 9780385543781, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
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Library Journal 11/01/2019 pg. 55 (EAN 9780525590453, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review
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