title: The Coming Woman: A Novel Based on the Life of the Infamous Feminist, Victoria Woodhull
author:  Karen J. Hicks 
description: Karen J. Hicks is retired and lives in Henderson, Nevada. This is her second book. Her first book was a self-help book titled The Tao of a Uncluttered Life. Karen served as in-house editor for author Steve Allen and has written several screenplays, as well as poetry, short stories, and essays.
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  **Praise for _Victoria Sees It_**
  
  
  “In _Victoria Sees It_ , Carrie Jenkins pursues the idea of women’s madness:
  its origins, its structures, and, most radically, its insights. When I began
  reading this beguiling story, I was put in mind of Charlotte Brontë, as the
  main character is a cross between the odd and serious Jane Eyre and the
  raving, attic-bound Mrs. Rochester. Jenkins’s voice manages the rare feat of
  being remarkably intelligent and complex, while being fast paced and engaging.
  A brilliant thriller about the infinite corridors and wondrous nooks and
  crannies of women’s minds.”
  
  
  
  
  
  —Heather O’Neill, author of _The Lonely Hearts Hotel_ and _Lullabies for
  Little Criminals_
  
  
  “Carrie Jenkins’s novel is as intimate as it is intense. This rich thriller
  delves into the muck of academia—the sexism and classism and politicking that
  proliferates in the cracks of Cambridge and beyond. Her Vic