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August 2026
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Paulina Bren, 2024
The story of the first generations of women who sought and gained a piece of the action on Wall Street. Secretaries from Brooklyn and Queens, First Harvard Business School Graduates and yuppies of the 80’s in suites.
Paulina Bren is a writer, historian, and professor. Other books include:
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The Handmaid’s Tale
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July 2026
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Margaret Atwood, 1985
Dystopian future, environmental disasters and declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women.
The story of a handmaid bound to produce children for the commander with the rise of the Republic of Gilead, she is deprived of her children, freedom and even her own name.
Second Book in this series is The Testaments (2019)
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