Margaret Atwood sat down with CBS Sunday Morning and teased the follow-up to the HandmaidsTale: 'We know from book one that Gilead ends, but we don’t know how'
— set to air in its entirety this weekend — in which she opened up about crafting the narrative for her 1985 novel, witnessing the success of its Emmy-winning Hulu TV adaptation and then writing her upcoming sequelThe Handmaid's Tale
's political parallels during Donald Trump's presidency. Set in Gilead, the totalitarian dystopia the United States has become after being taken over by religious zealots, Atwood's story explores the complicated lives of handmaids who are sex slaves forced to give birth for infertile elitist couples.
While Atwood said she made "educated guesses" about future political events, she insisted, "I’m not a prophet," and joked, "And if I were any good at gambling I would, I would do that. Be a lot richer."— the highly anticipated follow-up book to The Handmaid's Tale, set for a Sept. 10 release — Atwood teased, "So we know from book one that — that Gilead ends, but we don’t know how. But we’re a little closer to knowing how.
The preview of Atwood's interview with CBS Sunday Morning come just days after Amazon mistakenly broke the embargo on The Testaments. According to the company, a "retailor error" resulted in a "small number of copies" already ending up in the hands of readers.
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