BIRTHING STRENGTH

Marilyn Chane is a middle-aged African Americanwoman living her day-to-day life with the beliefher best days are behind her.
She has been married several times and raised children to adulthood. Now she is single again, not unhappy but accepting of her fate. Marilyn takes the low stress path in every part of her life. After all, she doesn't deal with surprises well, although her friend since childhood Ralph never got that memo.
A vape drug comes on the market that improves the life of the elderly expeditiously. The drug developed especially for those of specific cognitive and physical decline. Things right for them and wrong for the country. The knock off version of the vape enters the black market at the same time. The euphoric feelings generated during and long after great sex is so seductive the vape use spreads like wildfire over the country. Use comes to a screeching halt in most communities after the horrific side effects in the childbearing population are realized.
Marilyn, her mother and other middle-aged women are recruited to become child bearers again to save the U.S. population. Marilyn and her friend Ralph stumble across information leading to those who put the destruction of the U.S. population in motion. The drug creators have killed millions and won't hesitate to kill again.