The Book Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 20th at 1:00pm. This month's selection is The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood.
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In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gilead’s commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred clings to her memories and her will to survive. At once a scathing satire, an ominous warning, and a tour de force of narrative suspense, The Handmaid’s Tale is a modern classic.
Club Selections for 2025-26
The Storied life Of AJ Fikry, by Gabrielle Zevin (September)
Twenty Seven Minutes, by Ashley Tate (October)
The Fortunes of Jaded Women, by Carolyn Huynh (November)
Looking for Jane, by Heather Marshall (December)
The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood (January)
Tom Lake, by Ann Pratchett
The Measure, by Nikki Erlick
And Then She Fell, by Alicia Elliot
The Paris Library, by Janet Skeslien Charles