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  1. Public Bookmark 52

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    Carol Sturka is the forty-seventh President of the United States, and the most convincing thing about her presidency might be her marriage to Julian Vane, which is warm and genuine and entirely platonic. Helen Umstead, who serves as her Press Secretary, is the woman who sees through all of it, and who Carol cannot stop noticing in ways that have absolutely nothing to do with press strategy. After a Republican senator starts questioning the true nature of the marriage and an emergency in the Arctic forces the administration into intense scrutiny, Carol or Helen learn that the White House contains no space more hazardous than any room that leaves the two of them alone.

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    23 Feb 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 52

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    The beige Southwestern building at the end of 1208 Ciell Rosado Court is just a house when Carol and Helen move in.
    Over time, it becomes something else entirely.

    Five moments that turned this house into their home.

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    28 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 20

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    The end of the world in three parts.

    First, Carol saves the girl (done)

    Second, Carol saves the world

    And then, just maybe, she becomes okay with just being good.

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    22 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 10

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    Helen Umstead origin story, and how Carol and Helen's relationship came to be.

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    22 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 23

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    Albuquerque stretches wide around her, burnt and alien and empty. It feels quiet and full of ghosts. The Others were creepy and corporate, annoying; not to mention Zosia with her tour guide enthusiasm and that big-mouth smile that… well anyway, Carol’s alone now and fuck it, whatever. Who hasn’t fantasised about living alone with wolves before?

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    14 Jan 2026