An uncomfortable story of oppression, abuse, and sexual violence, Atwood’s novel forthrightly peels back the dark underbelly of onerous ?reproductive laws-particularly those imposed by male legislators.

Originally published in 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale suddenly feels almost unbearably prescient, thanks to the ways that it imagines the United States transformed into the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian theocracy where the handful of women still capable of bearing children are stripped of their names and agency and forced to serve as broodmares for the elite. But, if you haven’t read Atwood’s novel, now is a sadly perfect time. Wade.) Protestors can now frequently be seen garbed in the now-familiar red robes of Atwood’s handmaids, with signs referencing various scenes or slogans from the streaming series. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood Much of Margaret Atwood’s famous dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale is now firmly ensconced in the pop culture mainstream, thanks to both Hulu’s award-winning prestige television adaptation and the rapid erosion of reproductive freedoms in various states around the country. Wade, the nearly 50-year-old case that established Americans’ right to abortion, that’s something that should (and hopefully will in the months and years to come) change.īut in the meantime, if you’re looking for novels that deal with myriad issues surrounding abortion, from the complex reasons people choose to end pregnancies to the horrifying things that can happen in a world that denies women bodily autonomy, we have some recommendations for you. And in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that rolled back Roe v. Like much of our popular culture, even the most critically acclaimed books tend to skirt around the issue or speak about the process and the fraught emotions around it with vague euphemisms. If we’re honest, there really aren’t enough novels that deal with abortion.

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