From Canada-Gilead relations to TV crossover, 5 things to know about Atwood's 'The Testaments'

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When Margaret Atwood revealed she was working on a followup to 'The Handmaid's Tale' last fall, she cited two sources of inspiration: the questions she's fielded from readers in the past 34 years, and with a prophetic wink, 'the world we've been living in.'

This cover image released by Nan A. Talese shows"The Testaments," by Margaret Atwood. The novel will be released on Sept. 10. TORONTO -- Get ready to return to Gilead.

Here are five things to know about the much-hyped sequel, which will be published by McClelland & Stewart on Tuesday:Atwood's 1985 novel takes place in the early days of Gilead's puritanical rule over much of the former United States, in which women are subjugated as property of the state. Offred spends much of the story confined to her room in a commander's household where she serves as a reproductive slave forced to bear children for him and his infertile wife. Her internal world is rendered in intimate detail, but the workings of Gilead are for the most part restricted from her view.

This piety is punctured at the sequel's start, when it's revealed that Aunt Lydia is furtively keeping record of Gilead's misdeeds, including her own. Gilead demands the child be reunited with her legal parents, a top-brass commander and his wife. The Canadian government, caught between its principles and pressure from Gilead, drags its feet but eventually gives in.In Gilead, she's elevated to martyrdom, with children praying daily for her safe return.

 

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