What made -The Handmaid-s Tale- famous?

A Canadian author 'Margaret Atwood' has written a novel in 1985 called 'The Handmaid's tale's '. It was published in 1985. It has gained so much attention because of its deep story where women were treated like toys of high society men. Women were ruled by men as they were not human but machines to make children. The story has been written with so much pain but at the same time it has been shown how the women have fought for their right in order to achieve a free life