Since its publication in 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood has become a literary classic revered by generations of readers. The story of a woman forced to live as a fertility slave in a fundamentalist Christian America was recently adapted into an acclaimed Hulu TV adaptation starring Elisabeth Moss as Offred, the titular handmaid of the title. Though the adaptation stays faithful to the core aspects of Atwood’s plot, some intriguing changes were made during the transition from page to screen. 1. Not everyone is white …
Since its publication in 1985, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood has become a literary classic revered by generations of readers. The story of a woman forced to live as a fertility slave in a fundamentalist Christian America was recently adapted into an acclaimed Hulu TV adaptation starring Elisabeth Moss as Offred, the titular handmaid of the title. Though the adaptation stays faithful to the core aspects of Atwood’s plot, some intriguing changes were made during the transition from page to screen. 1. Not everyone is white …
How do you react when your partner is diagnosed with a devastating illness? It’s something that many people face, and some create amazing ways to help both themselves and their loved ones cope. When Willa Robinson and her husband, Vernon, were told that Vernon had Alzheimer’s Disease, the 68-year-old publisher responded the best way she knew how: by writing a book. Robinson, the founder of Knowledge Power Books—an independent publishing company dedicated to producing inspirational books for people of all ages—was already working on the book as a fifty-first-anniversary gift to her husband when they received the bad news. …
Young adult fiction may be entertaining, but it is also hilariously prone to certain groan-worthy characters and plot devices. As some famous writer probably wrote: “People wouldn’t keep writing clichés if readers didn’t relate to them.” So come down to the principal’s office and pick-up your very own, personal YA cliché!
Is there that one bookish pet peeve you just can’t shake? Here are 6 pet peeves every reader can relate to!
