The Testaments is a 2019 novel by Margaret Atwood. It is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (1985). 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 Jemima, 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 the Best Fiction novel in the Goodreads Choice Awards …
Margaret Atwood: The Testaments (2019)
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The Testaments is a 2019 novel by Margaret Atwood. It is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale (1985). 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 Jemima, 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 the Best Fiction novel in the Goodreads Choice Awards 2019, winning by over 50,000 votes. Streaming service Hulu, which also produced the TV series adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, announced in 2022 that it would also adapt The Testaments into its own TV series after The Handmaid's Tale's final season concluded. The adaptation, in which Ann Dowd reprised her role as Aunt Lydia, premiered on April 8, 2026.
432 pages
Published 2019