![]() ![]() Now Atwood has returned to the world of Gilead with The Testaments, a new novel that takes place around 15 years after the events of the first. ![]() The Handmaid's Tale season 1 finale reached this same point almost beat-for-beat, but with two more seasons under its belt, it had to devise its own methods for continuing Offred's story. Readers discretion is advised After it was announced that a spinoff to The Handmaid's Tale was in the works, there have been a lot of updates surrounding The Testaments' cast and story details. It's an uncertain ending for the character, since we don't know whether June makes it to safety, is taken into even greater danger, or perhaps even both. WARNING: This article contains SPOILERS for Margaret Atwood's Testament novel. ![]() First published in 1985, The Handmaid's Tale, which takes place in a dystopian United States that's been overtaken by a totalitarian theocracy and finds woman forced into servitude and child-bearing, ended on a rather ambiguous note.Īt the end of The Handmaid's Tale book, a pregnant Offred (whose real name is June, as revealed by the TV series) is taken away from the Waterfords' home and into a van, never to be seen again. Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale book has finally revealed what happened to June, a,k.a Offred, after the ending of the original novel. ![]()
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