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Not old women in The New Moon's Arms. Fifty-three. A mere infing. So as ever, only Pratchett writes old female protagonists in English. Ima Ichiko, and *maybe* 12 Kingdoms have major old characters in Japanese. Perhaps Dream of Red Chambers, but doing the math suggests Granma too is only in her mid-late 50s. Which might be old for Qing but...