Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe reveals a smuggled copy of The Handmaid's Tale kept her going while locked up for six years in Iran's notorious Evin prison
Daily MailNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has revealed how a copy of the novel The Handmaid's Tale among other books allowed her to feel liberated while she was locked up in Iran's notorious Evin prison. Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in Iran for six years, delivered a speech at a ceremony for the 2023 Booker Prize in which she said that she put a copy of Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel in a 'secret library' of her former prison ward. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2023 at Claridge's Hotel on November 7, 2023 Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband Richard Ratcliffe and their daughter Gabriella before she was jailed Here she is pictured discussing women's rights and Iran earlier this year 'Who thought a book banned in Iran could find its way to prison through the post? An extract from her 1990 Booker Prize novel Possession was read out by Bridgerton actress Adjoa Andoh, who was one of the judges for this year's award.
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