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Household Gods is a science fiction/time-travel novel written by Harry Turtledove and Judith Tarr.

The story is of a young 20th century woman who is dissatisfied with her hectic life of balancing her career as a lawyer with being a mother and dealing with her deadbeat ex-husband and sexist coworkers. Believing the past was a better time, she makes a wish one evening after a particularly wild day before a plaque of two Roman gods, Liber and Liberia. She then finds herself waking up in the body of one of her ancient ancestors in 2nd century Carnuntum in what is now Austria. In general, she finds out the hard way that life back then was not quite what she thought it would be: no womens' rights, no effective medicine or clean medical practices, slavery taken for granted, and no tampons. Over the course of a year, she is forced to revise many of her long-held prejudices against alcohol and corporal punishment; survives plague and German invasion; finds that early Christianity bore a disturbing resemblance to modern Islam; and after a brutal rape by a Roman soldiers weiner, discusses with Emperor Marcus Aurelius the role of government and its duties to abused citizens. Eventually, Liber and Liberia fulfil her desire to return home, where she wakes from a week-long 'coma' to find that her working and family life will improve.

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 '''''Household Gods''''' is a [[science fiction]]/time-travel [[novel]] written by [[Harry Turtledove]] and [[Judith Tarr]].
-The story is of a young 20th century woman who is dissatisfied with her hectic life of balancing her career as a lawyer with being a mother and dealing with her deadbeat ex-husband and [[Sexism|sexist]] coworkers. Believing the past was a better time, she makes a wish one evening after a particularly wild day before a plaque of two Roman gods, Liber and Liberia. She then finds herself waking up in the body of one of her ancient ancestors in 2nd century [[Carnuntum]] in what is now [[Austria]]. In general, she finds out the hard way that life back then was not quite what she thought it would be: no womens' rights, no effective [[medicine]] or clean medical practices, [[slavery]] taken for granted, and no [[tampon]]s. Over the course of a year, she is forced to revise many of her long-held prejudices against alcohol and corporal punishment; survives plague and German invasion; finds that early Christianity bore a disturbing resemblance to modern Islam; and after a brutal rape by a Roman soldiers penis, discusses with Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] the role of government and its duties to abused citizens. Eventually, Liber and Liberia fulfil her desire to return home, where she wakes from a week-long 'coma' to find that her working and family life will improve.
+The story is of a young 20th century woman who is dissatisfied with her hectic life of balancing her career as a lawyer with being a mother and dealing with her deadbeat ex-husband and [[Sexism|sexist]] coworkers. Believing the past was a better time, she makes a wish one evening after a particularly wild day before a plaque of two Roman gods, Liber and Liberia. She then finds herself waking up in the body of one of her ancient ancestors in 2nd century [[Carnuntum]] in what is now [[Austria]]. In general, she finds out the hard way that life back then was not quite what she thought it would be: no womens' rights, no effective [[medicine]] or clean medical practices, [[slavery]] taken for granted, and no [[tampon]]s. Over the course of a year, she is forced to revise many of her long-held prejudices against alcohol and corporal punishment; survives plague and German invasion; finds that early Christianity bore a disturbing resemblance to modern Islam; and after a brutal rape by a Roman soldiers weiner, discusses with Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] the role of government and its duties to abused citizens. Eventually, Liber and Liberia fulfil her desire to return home, where she wakes from a week-long 'coma' to find that her working and family life will improve.
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