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#139 Reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Posted on November 20, 2020 by M J Dees

The Testaments is the Booker Prize winning sequel to the Booker Prize finalist The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. The novel is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid’s Tale. It is narrated by Aunt Lydia, a character … Continue reading →

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#121 The Handmade’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Posted on March 11, 2020 by M J Dees

The Handmade’s Tale was written in 1985 and I think I had seen some but not all of the 1990 film adaptation when it appeared on TV at some point but I had never read the book. The closest I … Continue reading →

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#109 Reading Booker winning novel Milkman by Anna Burns

Posted on October 16, 2019 by M J Dees

At a time when the Booker Prize has just been controversially awarded to two authors, Margaret Atwood and Bernadine Evaristo, I thought it might be an opportune moment to share with you my opinion of last year’s Booker Prize winning … Continue reading →

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