The Handmaid's Tale

'I would like to believe this is a story I'm telling. I need to believe it. I must believe it. Those who can believe that such stories are only stories have a better chance.' In the Republic of Gilead, Offred is a handmaid. As one of the few women left with functioning ovaries, the one role allowed her is to breed. If she deviates, she will be hanged at the Wall or sent out to die of radiation sickness.
But Offred has clear memories of the time before when women were free and she is determined to find a way out.