Paperback: On one of the most important days of her husband's presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led them to the White House.
Thrust into a position she did not seek - one of power and influence, privilege and responsibility - Alice must face contradictions years in the making: how can she at once love and fundamentally disagree with her husband?
How complicit has she been in the trajectory of her own life?
American Wife is a beautifully written novel that weaves race, class, wealth and fate into a brilliant tapestry - a novel in which the unexpected becomes inevitable, and the pleasures and pain of intimacy and love are laid bare.
Curtis Sittenfeld wrote that American Wife is a work of fiction loosely inspired by the life of an American first lady, Laura Bush. Her husband, his parents, and certain prominent members of his administration are recognisable but ultimately, American Wife is a work of fiction.
About the author: Curtis Sittenfeld is the gifted author of two previous novels, Prep (2005), which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in the Best Novel category in 2006, and The Man of My Dreams (2006). Her third novel, American Wife (2008), was also shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in the Best Novel category in 2009. She is married and lives in the USA. Her latest and fourth novel, Sisterland, (2013) is out now. For more information about the author and her novels, please go to her website. The author is on Twitter.
Curtis Sittenfeld talked about American Wife following its publication in 2008:
Rating: 5/5
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