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The Discovery of Slowness is not only a riveting account of a remarkable life but also a profound and thought-provoking meditation on time

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The Handmaid's Tale Taffy Brodesser-Akner The Discovery of Slowness isIn Margaret Atwoods dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women. Offred is one of these, a Handmaid bound to produce children for one of Gileads commanders. Deprived of her husband, her child, her freedom, and even her own name, Offred