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Coronation by Laura Winters
Furious that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has lost her presidential bid in 2040 to a known embezzler, the current first lady and two female senators have a so-crazy-it-just-might-work idea to create a position of power that can only be held by a non-male person: The Queen of the United States. As centuries pass, the role of the Queen morphs into an inarguably American hybrid of power, fame, and royalty that would be unrecognizable to the women who dreamed her up.
They Must Be Women Now by Nedra Roberts
At Miss Althea’s Bridal Boutique and Bail Bonds in Half Way, Georgia women wrestle with some of the “prisons” that threaten them. The title, taken from Sophocles’ ANTIGONE, emphasizes the sisterhood of women transcending time and place.