Queen of the States — Josephine Saxton

"[A] book Philip K Dick might write if he were a feminist" - Goodreads Reviewer

Magdalen seems to move through time and space, on a whim. One moment she is on her own planet, out to lunch, and the next she is on an alien spaceship, being interrogated about human behaviour and the fascinating function of sex.

Is Magdalen mad, or have the aliens really landed? By weaving her way through fantasies, and through the lives of those around her - husband Clive, psychiatrist Dr. Murgatroyd, lovers, friends and friends' lovers - will she finally be able to reclaim her own existence?

Queen of the States is a fascinating deconstruction of mental illness, particularly among women. It is also an investigation into one's completely sane reactions to an insane world