First Woman President
by Alicia Lyons (9781420820225)

Alicia Lyons' debut novel, The First Woman President, takes the form of a biography written twenty years after America's first female Commander-in-Chief left office. Part satire, part allegory, it does a wonderful job in succinctly illustrating the shortcomings in America's political system and the ills that plague western society from a future perspective. Lyons covers a wide scope in this short novel; tackling issues such as war, terrorism, poverty, campaign financing and her relationship with the media. Some might think her radical approach to the world's problems is somewhat idealistic, but to see this novel in such terms would be to miss the point. The underlying message of FWP is that America was built on idealism, and it will take an idealist to rectify the problems that have beset the nation ever since.

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