The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

Hello Dragonflies!

This month we will be reading The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. It is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. The novel is set 15 years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale. It is narrated by Aunt Lydia, a character from the previous novel; Agnes, a young woman living in Gilead; and Daisy, a young woman living in Canada.

The Testaments was a joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize, alongside Bernardine Evaristo's novel Girl, Woman, Other. It was also voted 'Best Fiction' novel in the Goodread's Choice Awards in 2019.

Streaming service Hulu, which also produces the TV series adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, announced in 2022 that The Testaments will also become a TV series after The Handmaid's Tale's final season concludes.

This is not on the actual Gilmore Girls Official Reading list.

As always you do not need to read the book to come to the book club.

See you soon!