The Handmaid’s Tale is about a dystopian future America known as Gilead. Women are categorized, dehumanized, and controlled in service to a male-dominated regime. The tale focuses on a woman named Offred, a ‘handmaid’ whose sole purpose is to procreate for childless government officials. She wrestles with memories of a lost life and navigates severe oppression, […]

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The Mechanical Hound Quotes “The Mechanical Hound slept but did not sleep, lived but did not live in its gently humming, gently vibrating, softly illuminated kennel back in a dark corner of the firehouse. The dim light of one in the morning, the moonlight from the open sky framed through the great window, touched here

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“I Must Betray You” is a riveting novel set in Communist Romania in 1989. It follows an adolescent named Cristian Florescu, who is forced to spy for the secret police to protect his family. The book provides a stark portrayal of life under the oppressive regime as Cristian grapples with the betrayal of his friends

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