--- product_id: 230781734 title: "The Testaments: Booker Prize Winner: A Novel (The Handmaid's Tale)" price: "VT6562" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/230781734-the-testaments-booker-prize-winner-a-novel-the-handmaids-tale store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Testaments: Booker Prize Winner: A Novel (The Handmaid's Tale) **Price:** VT6562 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Testaments: Booker Prize Winner: A Novel (The Handmaid's Tale) - **How much does it cost?** VT6562 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/230781734-the-testaments-booker-prize-winner-a-novel-the-handmaids-tale) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE • A gripping return to Gilead , The Testaments exposes the regime’s inner decay through the intersecting stories of three women whose choices could ignite its downfall. Now a Hulu Original series starring Ann Dowd, reprising her role as Aunt Lydia, Chase Infiniti as Agnes, and Lucy Halliday as Daisy. The Testaments can be read on its own or as a sequel to Margaret Atwood’s classic, The Handmaid’s Tale . More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale , the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by that of Aunt Lydia, whose complex past and uncertain future unfold in surprising and pivotal ways. With The Testaments , Margaret Atwood opens up the innermost workings of Gilead, as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is and how far she will go for what she believes. Review: good read - I started reading the book because of the show. The book is great and the story differs from the series . It’s very well written and I like to read it from the different angles. Review: Perspective and context - It's tricky to mess with a classic. I think it's mostly because once a piece of art attains "classic" status, almost all of those who have experienced it - in the case of a classic book - read it, now feel like they own it. Books and films in particular have a hard to define participatory effect where the reader becomes part of the story and therefore defines the story and characters according to their own interior perspective and thought process. When it comes to either the most revered classics and/or books that achieve their renown via first person, possibly unreliable narrator who exists in a world not fully sketched out and purposely left hazy as a storytelling device, the more the reader will tend to go ahead and sketch that world out with their own assumptions. This means that said classic book becomes something slightly different for every fan, taking on a particular shape and form that becomes almost talismanic for some, quasi-holy for others. It would be hard to find a book published in the last half century more revered than The Handmaid's Tale, so when we all saw the announcement that Margaret Atwood was bringing a sequel, we also all knew there would much hand-wringing and kvetching no matter WHAT the next chapter focused on. For my money, you couldn't ask for a better continuation of the story. I first read The Handmaid's Tale last year. It had nothing to do with the TV show or cultural resurgence of the story and it's oh so prescient themes. It was just on my bookshelf of "VERY IMPORTANT BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ SOMEDAY" and I finally got around to it. As a 49 year old white middle-class male raised in a middle-class Mid-Atlantic USA type of world I really didn't think it would be a home run for me. I was wrong. I fell down the same hole that so many others have found themselves tumbling through into Gilead and the murky, strange world of Offred. I love the entire thing, including the post-script... thought about it for about two weeks, then moved on with my life. I haven't ever been interested in the TV show. When I saw The Testaments up for order, I figured I should at least see what shape the story would take and I hit the buy button. Now I have just finished it and not only was it what I was hoping for but I don't think anyone could hope for anything better than this, in regard to gaining perspective and context on what led up to the previous book as well as the fallout of the events that take place in The Handmaid's Tale. As mentioned, there will always be some that don't WANT perspective and/or context on a classic, timeless allegorical and prophetic novel. For me though, it was fascinating. Seeing motivations peeled back, repercussions revealed and a legacy played out over a new generation added immensely to the previous story and only made it more emotional and tender to me. Sometimes when a story ends you almost don't want to know what happens to a certain protagonist and sometimes you are just itching to know more. I wasn't sure how I felt about Offred and/or the entire cultural landscape in the Handmaid's Tale, but now that I know more, it all just feels deeper and more meaningful to me. I'm trying hard to not put any spoilers in this review, even light ones, so there's a lot I don't want to say. I will put it like this. If The Handmaid's Tale was a close-up on one character, The Testaments is a panning, wide-shot of an entire culture that encompasses three main viewpoints and ties together in a satisfying and logical way. It does take a few chapters to build up some steam, but trust me when I say, once the story gains momentum - it moves along quickly and flows in some unexpected directions. Sequels written decades later can end up really crashing hard sometimes, but in the hands of such a talented author, you get a book like The Testaments. It meshes perfectly with the previous story while still being timeless and speaking to current society at the same time. Since I'm just one person, that's just my opinion and many will find fault with this book, believing it's either too much or not enough, or not necessary or whatever. But I think it's a great gift from an author to her fans. Unwrap it and enjoy. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #215 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Dystopian Fiction (Books) #7 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery #16 in Literary Fiction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 50,933 Reviews | ## Images ![The Testaments: Booker Prize Winner: A Novel (The Handmaid's Tale) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ofQyPSURL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ good read *by C***Y on May 31, 2026* I started reading the book because of the show. The book is great and the story differs from the series . It’s very well written and I like to read it from the different angles. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perspective and context *by Z***❗ on September 29, 2019* It's tricky to mess with a classic. I think it's mostly because once a piece of art attains "classic" status, almost all of those who have experienced it - in the case of a classic book - read it, now feel like they own it. Books and films in particular have a hard to define participatory effect where the reader becomes part of the story and therefore defines the story and characters according to their own interior perspective and thought process. When it comes to either the most revered classics and/or books that achieve their renown via first person, possibly unreliable narrator who exists in a world not fully sketched out and purposely left hazy as a storytelling device, the more the reader will tend to go ahead and sketch that world out with their own assumptions. This means that said classic book becomes something slightly different for every fan, taking on a particular shape and form that becomes almost talismanic for some, quasi-holy for others. It would be hard to find a book published in the last half century more revered than The Handmaid's Tale, so when we all saw the announcement that Margaret Atwood was bringing a sequel, we also all knew there would much hand-wringing and kvetching no matter WHAT the next chapter focused on. For my money, you couldn't ask for a better continuation of the story. I first read The Handmaid's Tale last year. It had nothing to do with the TV show or cultural resurgence of the story and it's oh so prescient themes. It was just on my bookshelf of "VERY IMPORTANT BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ SOMEDAY" and I finally got around to it. As a 49 year old white middle-class male raised in a middle-class Mid-Atlantic USA type of world I really didn't think it would be a home run for me. I was wrong. I fell down the same hole that so many others have found themselves tumbling through into Gilead and the murky, strange world of Offred. I love the entire thing, including the post-script... thought about it for about two weeks, then moved on with my life. I haven't ever been interested in the TV show. When I saw The Testaments up for order, I figured I should at least see what shape the story would take and I hit the buy button. Now I have just finished it and not only was it what I was hoping for but I don't think anyone could hope for anything better than this, in regard to gaining perspective and context on what led up to the previous book as well as the fallout of the events that take place in The Handmaid's Tale. As mentioned, there will always be some that don't WANT perspective and/or context on a classic, timeless allegorical and prophetic novel. For me though, it was fascinating. Seeing motivations peeled back, repercussions revealed and a legacy played out over a new generation added immensely to the previous story and only made it more emotional and tender to me. Sometimes when a story ends you almost don't want to know what happens to a certain protagonist and sometimes you are just itching to know more. I wasn't sure how I felt about Offred and/or the entire cultural landscape in the Handmaid's Tale, but now that I know more, it all just feels deeper and more meaningful to me. I'm trying hard to not put any spoilers in this review, even light ones, so there's a lot I don't want to say. I will put it like this. If The Handmaid's Tale was a close-up on one character, The Testaments is a panning, wide-shot of an entire culture that encompasses three main viewpoints and ties together in a satisfying and logical way. It does take a few chapters to build up some steam, but trust me when I say, once the story gains momentum - it moves along quickly and flows in some unexpected directions. Sequels written decades later can end up really crashing hard sometimes, but in the hands of such a talented author, you get a book like The Testaments. It meshes perfectly with the previous story while still being timeless and speaking to current society at the same time. Since I'm just one person, that's just my opinion and many will find fault with this book, believing it's either too much or not enough, or not necessary or whatever. But I think it's a great gift from an author to her fans. Unwrap it and enjoy. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The power of hope! Not Handmaid's Tale but still a great read. *by B***E on October 21, 2019* Overall: An interesting, engaging, fast-paced sequel that fans of Handmaid’s Tale will enjoy. Slightly contrived and predictable but still a very fun read that I could not put down. Hard to live up to the first one, but this one is definitely worth reading and did not disappoint. 7.5/10 Summary: In this sequel, we are following three separate storylines a decade and a half after the conclusion to The Handmaid’s Tale. The main story line in “The Testaments” is a spy-like thriller about a mole living inside Gilead. This individual is working with the Mayday resistance to help bring down the evil empire. The three narrators we follow include: Aunt Lydia (aunt in Gilead), Nicole who is now a young woman of 16 living in Canada under another name, and Agnes Jemima who has grown up in Gilead with foster parents. The Good: I had very high expectations for this book as I would for any sequel of an original book I adored; though this did not live up to all my expectations, it did not disappoint and I really enjoyed it. This is a fast-paced, can’t get out of your head or put it down type of read. I enjoyed the storylines of all three narrators. Several twists I did not see coming so I loved the anticipation and surprise. But overall, my favorite part of this book was the overall resounding theme of hope. In the Handmaid’s Tale, I felt like we were plunged head first into the nightmare that was Gilead whereas in this one, hope or the ability to achieve hope, is the biggest theme throughout all three storylines. The Bad: The main plot line is a bit contrived with a few two many coincidences to be believable. Some clichés and I found several parts to be predictable. Favorite Quotes: “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I took the one most travelled by. It was littered with corpses, as such roads are. But as you will have noticed, my own corpse is not among them.” “You don’t believe the sky is falling until a chunk of it falls on you.” “Once a story you’ve regarded as true has turned false, you begin suspecting all stories.” “All that was necessary was a law degree and a uterus: a lethal combination.” “Still, I wanted to believe; indeed I longed to; and, in the end, how much of belief comes from longing?” “It’s better that way, and I am a great proponent of better. In the absence of best.” ## Frequently Bought Together - The Testaments: A Novel (The Handmaid's Tale) - The Handmaid's Tale - 1984: 75th Anniversary --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.vu/products/230781734-the-testaments-booker-prize-winner-a-novel-the-handmaids-tale](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/230781734-the-testaments-booker-prize-winner-a-novel-the-handmaids-tale) --- *Product available on Desertcart Vanuatu* *Store origin: VU* *Last updated: 2026-06-06*