26 November 2018
Margaret Atwood is writing a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, set 15 years after Offred's ambiguous final scene in the acclaimed 1985-published novel.
Slated for publication in September 2019, The Testaments promises to be a "global publishing event" as it continues Atwood's story 15 years on from the moment Offred steps into the Eyes' car "into the darkness, within; or else the light". According to Atwood, it was inspired both by fans' questions about Gilead and "the world we've been living in".
