Tag: the handmaid’s tale

• Banned Books Week 2013: Strange Challenges

  There’s nothing quite as exciting to a librarian as Banned Books Week. As sad as I am that books are still being challenged having a week dedicated to banned books allows us to have a dialogue. Most people don’t realize that last month someone tried to get The Handmaid’s Tale removed from schools, or that…

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  September 23, 2013

  Books

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• Book Review: When She Woke by Hillary Jordan

  When She Woke By Hillary Jordan Published October 4, 2011 Mode read: Hardcover Summary:  Set in the future United States when the extreme right has taken over, When She Woke tells the story of a woman who has committed the crime of abortion but refuses to disclose the name of the father. It follows much the same story…

  alexandrap529

  August 25, 2012

  Book Review, Reviews

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