Handmaid's Tale. EPISODE 13 SEASON FINALE!!! (season 3). Channel 4, 01/09/19. UK pace. NO SPOILERS!

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This is the thread for the season finale Episode 13 (season 3) of The Handmaid's Tale.

We are watching on Channel 4, UK pace and have only seen episodes 1 - 12 so far.

Please, NO SPOILERS.

It appeared on my kindle in the night.

I’m waiting for my confirmation email from Waterstones.

I've got it on my kindle. Going on holiday on Friday so I'll probably wait until then to give it my full attention.

captain mycaptain I admire your self control!

My doorbell rang about half an hour ago and I raced to the door expecting Amazon . But it was the window cleaner. sigh.

I am going to go into Martha mode and do some cleaning -not bomb making- to distract myself.

Will listen to the BBC Handmaiden while I do.

Looking forward to the Atwood cinema broadcast tonight.

Up until yesterday Amazon were saying The Testaments would be delivered today, since this morning they’ve been saying tomorrow!

Mine is 6 stops away. Annoyingly I was in Sainsbury's earlier and they had them there so could just have lifted one.

Mine has arrived! My amazon email said delivery Wednesday, but the tracking said it was on its way, and it was.

I am now going to sit in my very clean kitchen (apart from the floor, which I might clean to prolong the anticipation) and read.

Just bought one from WHSmiths.
About to settle down with a nice cup of tea...

Thanks @stumbledin. I might listen to that in the car (can’t read the Testaments while driving).

I’m off to Waterstones for mine.

While out, I got a notification it had been delivered to “the mailroom”. I don’t have a mailroom at my house. Luckily it was behind the wheely bin!

Here you go, a thread for chapters 1 & 2 of The Testaments (as chapter 1 is only two pages long).

Be careful if you go to the Book Lovers section as there is already a Testaments Spoilers thread.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/what_were_reading/3688735-The-Testaments-Margaret-Atwood-Chapters-1-2-NO-SPOILERS?watched=1

Thank you @Mackerz.

I haven't got my copy yet, but I am in Canada anyway. You might all be alseep when mine arrives.

I'm in the cinema waiting for the live event. Ann Dowd is doing a reading.

I’m off to WHSmith or Waterstones tomorrow. Can’t wait. My mum and niece have already half finished it!

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Wasn't it terrific? Not only Ann Dowd reading, but Sally Hawkins and Lily Collins as the younger women.

Margaret Atwood herself was inspirational, I could have listened to her speak for hours, she is so articulate and knowledgeable :politics, literature, philosophy, history, the environment, human nature, the plight of women all discussed with erudition, humanity , humour and charm.

I want to go and live in her house and listen to her everyday. And if she won't let me do that then she is number one on my fantasy dinner party list and I might forget to invite any other guests.......

I went with a couple of women from work. (Basingstoke can be a bit of a cultural desert, and there weren't that many people in the cinema - 15-20, I'd guess.) Anyway, we really enjoyed it, and MA was just brilliant.

It was £21.50 to watch it at my cinema. I thought this was a bit steep so gave it a miss. :(

I also went to a screening last night (only £13 at my local cinema).

I also thought it was fantastic and very thought provoking. Atwood is so intelligent and insightful, with a great sense of humour.

She mentioned a couple of organisations, one possibly relating to climate change, but I can't remember them.

I was at Samira Ahmed's nephew's(?) boys school listing The Handmaid's Tale as a dystopia future where the world is run by women!

The readings were great. I love Ann Dowd's mannerisms as Aunt Lydia - the slight pulling at her cardigan and her frown.

I've got my copy of The Testaments and can't wait to start reading.

My local cinema was £15, which I thought eek! BUt then though it was like being at the NT, and a £15 seat there would be a bargain. If I had gone to the other cinema showing it the price would have been less, but I would have had to pay for parking.

And Amazon have just refunded me 3p because the price went down. YAY!!!

PS had not noticed the second out stretched figure on the front cover before Samira Ahmed mentioned it, or that the back cover was another figure, observant not.

The event was supported by Equality Now. She also mentioned Extinction Rebellion, there might have been another.

Just finished it.

Just finished it! Wow!

Then come over to www.mumsnet.com/Talk/what_were_reading/3688421-The-Testaments-by-Margaret-Atwood-WITH-spoilers and talk about it!