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St. Andrew's Book Group will read and discuss The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Published in 1985, this dystopian novel is set in a near-future New England state, the Republic of Gilead, which has overthrown the US government. The narrator, Offred, is a "Handmaid," a woman who is forcibly assigned to produce children for the "Commanders," the ruling class in Gilead. The novel has won or been nominated for many prestigious awards. It has been adapted into a 1990 film,…

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Rated R, 2h 22m Based on a Stephen King novella, Rita Hayworth, this prison drama stars Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The film tells the story of Andy Dufresne, a banker who spends 19 years in Shawshank State Prison for the murder of his wife and her lover despite his claims of innocence. During his time at the prison, he befriends a fellow inmate, Ellis Boyd "Red" Redding, and finds himself protected by the guards after…

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"Rewriting Sacred Scripture: Biblical Interpretation in Ancient Judaism", presented by the Rev. Dr. Robert Jones, Assistant Director of Jewish Studies at Penn State