The Handmaid's Tale

My last challenged book of the week is Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. I'm not as surprised that this book is challenged as I am about the others. It is such a forward-thinking work, telling the story of a woman in a future time and how she must deal with the power struggles. In this future, all women have little or no power. I haven't read it in a few years, but if I remember correctly, for some reason a lot of women can't have children. So these handmaids are brought in to procreate with the rich men. I'm probably botching the story, but it is really good, and quite disturbing.

A good feminist novel - and so is her earlier book, The Edible Woman.