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The Testaments
- Narrated by: Bryce Dallas Howard, Ann Dowd, Mae Whitman, Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal, Margaret Atwood
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
Winner of the Booker Prize 2019.
The British Book Awards Audiobook of the Year 2020
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood is read by Ann Dowd, Bryce Dallas Howard and Mae Whitman with Derek Jacobi, Tantoo Cardinal and Margaret Atwood.
Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.
More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results.
Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets.
As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.
'Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we've been living in.' Margaret Atwood
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- Thea S
- 21-09-2019
Brilliant as you would expect from Margaret Atwood
An absolute must for any fan of The Handmaid’s Tales. I couldn’t stop listening and was pleased with the answers to so many questions.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-04-2022
Amazing, and satisfying.
All that I hoped it would be, and performed so well. Wouldn’t expect anything less from Margaret Atwood.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-08-2021
More lively than A handmaids tale
Great narration and switch of storylines.
Listening to the different stories and countries made this a good listen. This didn’t have the monotone that was evident in the handmaids tale from offreds view.
Liked to hear the ideals and thoughts from the children that grew up in Gilliard.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-10-2019
Simply amazing
Somehow, incredibly, it builds upon and improves the legacy of its predecessor. Not better than Handmaid's Tale, but an extension of it.
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- David2035
- 14-06-2020
Excellent!
A great book! A real page turner full of excitement and an addictive story. If you loved the first book and the TV show you will most certainly love this book. Thank you Margaret Atwood
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- Simon
- 18-09-2019
Loved it.
What a stunning finale from Margaret Atwood. Exciting to the last page. The performances are fantastic. Can Anne Dowd get an Emmy for this?
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- Kylie
- 02-10-2019
Amazing!!
So good - the performances were spectacular- didn’t want it to end!!! Highly recommend- you won’t be disappointed
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- P. Adams
- 22-10-2019
Fascinating
Interesting format of 2 female witness statements testimony and Aunt Lydia's journal to carry the listener along explaining the fall of Gilead.
Clearly read to us in the first person giving the listener an intimate insight into these 3 women.
Aunt Lydia once despised as the most vile and cruel administrator changes her spots and we meet a totally different and most human woman who is as vulnerable as her female charges.
Offred/June's 2 daughters are intrumental in accomplishing the destruction of this harsh regime.
Of course there are unfortunate victims in the story or else it would not be Gilead.
Altogether satisfying.
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- M Kelly
- 13-09-2019
Surpasses expectations
I've never anticipated a book as eagerly as this and I was not disappointed. Atwood's work doesn't always hit the mark for me and I worried I wouldn't love this, but it's amazing.
It could have done without the last chapter, but it was a reflection if the end if The Handmaid's Tale, so I understand why it was there.
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- Angela
- 30-09-2019
Amazing
I “read” The Testaments over only a few days- I really couldn’t put it down.
I had read Handmaid’s Tale back in the late 90s - so I relistened to Elizabeth Moss’ audible reading first - was worth brushing up before launching into this.
A really great wrap up and follow on.
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