by Curtis Sittenfeld · Transworld · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552775540
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«American Wife» is the novel by Curtis Sittenfeld, published by Transworld in paperback (640 pages, in English).
In 2000, Alice Blackwell's husband reaches the presidency of the United States after a very close election. Alice never wanted to be First Lady, least of all of a president whose policies she disagrees with. On a decisive day, she reviews the path that led her to the White House and the decision that could put everything at stake.
Novel inspired by the figure of an American First Lady, with a political and social backdrop.
For readers of literary, social and political fiction interested in stories about women and power.
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld is an American writer. She is the author of two collections of short stories, You Think it, I’ll Say It (2018) and Show Don't Tell (2025), as well as seven novels: Prep (2005), the story of students at a Massachusetts prep school; The Man of My Dreams (2006), a coming-of-age novel and an examination of romantic love; American Wife (2008), a fictional story loosely based on the life of First Lady Laura Bush; Sisterland (2013), which tells the story of identical twins with psychic powers; Eligible (2016), a modern-day retelling of Pride and Prejudice; Rodham (2020), an alternate history political novel about the life of Hillary Clinton; and Romantic Comedy (2023), a romance between a comedy writer and a pop star.
