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cilla4progress

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4. Yup!

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 11, 2012, 10:39 AM

Oct 2012

Loved her writing, of course, and loved the "epilogue" at the end - put such great perspective on the "Tale"! Gave me hope that some piece of culture - the good part, would persist through anything apocalyptic that could happen, say, in a Romney presidency!

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Just finished The Handmaid's Tale [View all] cilla4progress Oct 2012 OP

Ms Atwood is always worth a look. bemildred Oct 2012 #1

I'll check it out! cilla4progress Oct 2012 #2

Lucky you to be reading it for the first time. SheilaT Oct 2012 #3

Yup! cilla4progress Oct 2012 #4

Best book for this crazy era of the Tea Party. If they would read, it might open their eyes. The Wielding Truth Oct 2012 #5

You might even say it was prescient. nt bemildred Oct 2012 #6

The Joad Cycle: An Anticapitalist Love Story Berne Thau Oct 2012 #7