# Margaret Atwood:  The Testaments -- sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.

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In the 2019 September 6 edition of _MacLean’s_, [Brian Bethune](https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/author/brian-bethune) gives a tantalizing preview of Margaret Atwood’s _The Testaments_ that is coming out on the 9th: “[Margaret Atwood’s urgent new tale of Gilead: in her much-anticipated sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, the renowned author takes her anti-woman dystopia to the age of Trump.](https://www.macleans.ca/culture/books/margaret-atwoods-urgent-new-tale-of-gilead/?utm_medium=organic&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0zbb5uXiiH-rPVC14xgNZ6Jyi2t5wD9KQTDq2agJmNyVdlN-Jr4B9zMNo#Echobox=1567800809)”

The article does an excellent job of briefly pointing out some of what Atwood’s life as a feminist author has brought to _The Testaments_, and how the rise of Trump triggered _The Handmaid’s Tale_ sequel.

For long-time fans of Atwood, you’ll find yourself murmuring “yes . . . uh-huh . . . yep” as Bethune winds together glimpses of her and references to her oeuvre.

For folks who have been enjoying the TV show, hopefully this will encourage you to read _The Handmaid’s Tale_, the soon to be released _The Testaments_, and many of her previous works, for the depth of her writings is masterfully subtle, complex and ultimately powerful.