i'm not certain, but i think i was introduced to it by the quality paperback book club i was in... the same place i met alice walker and the color purple.
it was touted as "women's fiction".
i didn't understand what that meant until i read it.
the first season on hulu mostly followed the book. the second season has moved in a whole new direction.
it's margaret atwood's book and she's the one moving it a different way so it's totally her call.
but the new version is more feminist. june is angrier.
in the book, i found june's defiance to be much more subtle.
in the book, her defiance was holding on to her true self in spite of the horrific circumstances of her captivity. she kept her soul free.
june fed her soul with something as simple as words on a pillow.
she held herself apart.
her relationship with nick was not instigated or even known by serena joy. it was a risk she took, a gift she gave herself.
june did what she was told. she said what she was supposed to say... but it wasn't her life. her life was her memories. her life was internal.
it was a woman's life.
the june of the tv show is openly defiant. it costs her, but she rebels externally.
i think both interpretations are valid.
but i believe that the june of the book has the greater protest.
i don't believe that we should ever stop protesting injustice, but it is even more important not to lose who we are.
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