Baby Face (1933)
Movie
In this pre-code classic, a young woman (Barbara Stanwyck) sleeps her way to success.
pre-code 1930's golden age
Inhabiting Memory in Canadian Literature / Habiter la Memoire Dans la Litterature Canadienne
Smaro Kamboureli, Albert Braz, Janne Korkka and Margaret Mackey
Book
Featuring seven English-language essays, five French-language essays, and a bilingual introduction,...
Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin
Book
In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on...
The Great American Cookbook: 500 Time-Tested Recipes: Favourite Food from Every State
Clementine Paddleford and Molly O'Niell
Book
The first and greatest book of regional American cuisine, now revised for today's home cook. Imagine...
Debbie (52 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale in Books
Jul 26, 2018
Adult Fiction 295 Pages My rating 4 stars
I wasn't sure that I wanted to read this because looking at the cover reminded me of nuns and I really didn't want to read about nouns. As I heard people talking about this book I finally decided to give it try.
I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed this book. This book talks about the world as we know it but is no longer the same. We are still around but have gone back a little in time. The women are no longer allowed to hold jobs, have money or property. Everything they have now is now owned by the men.
Our main character is known as a handmaid and her job is to have babies. She is assigned to a family and once a month she has relations with the husband and yes the wife knows in fact she is there with them. She has a very boring life. She is only allowed to eat certain things and can not smoke or drink. She is allowed once a day to go outside to run an errand for the cook. She is not allowed to go by herself she meets up with another handmaid and they shop together. They are watched all the time.
She is adjusting but can still remember what life was like back a few years ago. Before all the changes she was married and had a little girl. She doesn't know what happened to her husband or her child.
You must read this book to find out the changes and how she got where she is now. The ending leaves a little to the imagination. Please give it a try, it is a good story.