You can help us build our Book Club Kits collection by donating copies of books your group has read. With The Testaments, the wait is over. A lot of us are busy parents, have challenging jobs, or just have generally hectic lives, so listening to audiobook versions of the novel can be really useful. Insightful, Adventurous, Dark, BookMovement's reading guide includes discussion questions, plot summary, reviews and ratings and suggested discussion questions from our book clubs, editorial reviews, excerpts and more. Even if you do have a reading guide, these questions will still help engage your book club members and provide great conversation starters. The Testaments: The Book Club. Does Offred survive? A review of Margaret Atwood's The Testaments, how it compares to The Handmaid's Tale, and lots of book clubs questions and discussion points. ). Praise be! ... Book Club Recommendations. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. Interesting, Adventurous, Dramatic, BookMovement's reading guide includes discussion questions, plot summary, reviews and ratings and suggested discussion questions from our book clubs, editorial reviews, excerpts and more. I have not read The Handmaid's Tale and my knowledge of the earlier classic is limited to the recent TV series. I read The Testaments with Gloucester Book Club as part of our Booker Prize shadowing project, thanks to the generosity of The Reading Agency. A riveting pick for book club. 11. "Dear Readers: Everything you've ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. When the van door slammed on Offred's future at the end of The Handmaid's Tale, readers had no way of telling what lay ahead for her—freedom, prison or death. Margaret Atwood's sequel picks up the story fifteen years after Offred stepped into the unknown, with the explosive testaments of three female narrators from Gilead. Coming up with book club discussion questions is often the hardest part of hosting a book club meeting. Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here. I like to mix some of these generic questions in to our discussion along with more book specific ones, to create a nice balance in the conversation. A lot of us are busy parents, have challenging jobs, or just have generally hectic lives, so listening to audiobook versions of the novel can be really useful. Interesting, Adventurous, Dramatic, BookMovement's reading guide includes discussion questions, plot summary, reviews and ratings and suggested discussion questions from our book clubs, editorial reviews, excerpts and more. The Testaments is the long awaited and much anticipated sequel to The Handmaid's Tale that reads more like pop fiction novel than a traditional Margaret Atwood book. Did you perhaps become more active in local politics or make a charitable donation to an organization that supports women’s rights?