Kingdom of Women In a slightly alternate near future women are forming vigilante groups to wreak vengeance on rapists child abusers and murderers of women In the midst of this turmoil is Averil Parnell the world s

In a slightly alternate near future, women are forming vigilante groups to wreak vengeance on rapists, child abusers, and murderers of women In the midst of this turmoil is Averil Parnell, the world s first female Catholic priest Averil seeks the quiet life of a scholar, but instead she s caught up in an obsessive affair with a younger man and an unlikely friendship withIn a slightly alternate near future, women are forming vigilante groups to wreak vengeance on rapists, child abusers, and murderers of women In the midst of this turmoil is Averil Parnell, the world s first female Catholic priest Averil seeks the quiet life of a scholar, but instead she s caught up in an obsessive affair with a younger man and an unlikely friendship with a mysterious female assassin Worse, she finds herself beset by unwanted religious visions she sees the souls of dead monks, converses with Jesus, and slips into alternate realities Spanning decades, KINGDOM OF WOMEN explores the spiritual evolution of a reluctant mystic, as well as larger themes like the use of violence against oppression and the tension between justice and mercy Kirkus Reviews describes it as a bold, politically minded tale with a spiritual soul.
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Rosalie Morales Kearns, a writer of Puerto Rican and Pennsylvania Dutch descent, is the author of the novel Kingdom of Women, about a female Roman Catholic priest in an alternative near future Jaded Ibis Press, December 2017 She s also the author of the short story collection Virgins and Tricksters Aqueous, 2012 and editor of the feminist short story anthology The Female Complaint Tales of Unruly Women Shade Mountain Press, 2015 Rosalie is also the founder of Shade Mountain Press, a feminist press whose focus is literary fiction by women.