The Handmaid's Tale influenced The Power

Naomi Alderman wrote the novel while mentored by Margaret Atwood (Rolex mentorship programme) and named the book behind it: "I'd been to an Orthodox Jewish primary school where every morning the boys said, 'Thank you God for not making me a woman.' If you put that together with The Handmaid's Tale in your head, something will eventually go fizz! Boom!" (Telegraph, 2012). The Power inverts Gilead: women gain the physical upper hand.