American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown, she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with-and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband's presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer.

Prep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, and Sisterland are among Curtis Sittenfeld's best-selling novels, which have been translated into twenty-five languages. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, and Glamour, among other publications, and has been broadcast on public radio's This American Life. She was born in Cincinnati and now resides in St. Louis with her family.

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ISBN 13	9780812975406
ISBN 10	0812975405
Title	American Wife
Author	Curtis Sittenfeld
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2009-02-10
Number of pages	592
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