What is the title of Margaret Atwood's 2019 sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'?

Margaret Atwood’s 2019 sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale is titled The Testaments. It returns readers to the Republic of Gilead fifteen years after the events of the 1985 original novel.

Unlike The Handmaid’s Tale, which is narrated primarily through Offred’s perspective, The Testaments uses three female narrators: Aunt Lydia, Agnes Jemima, and Daisy. Their testimonies reveal different relationships to Gilead, from the regime’s inner bureaucracy to the experiences of young women raised under its rules and those living beyond its borders.

The title refers to the documents and personal accounts through which the story is preserved, echoing the historical and religious language that Atwood uses throughout the series. The book explores memory, resistance, complicity, and the possibility of dismantling an oppressive system from within. It was published in September 2019 and jointly won the Booker Prize with Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other.