{"product_id":"american-wife-paperback-1","title":"American Wife - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCurtis Sittenfeld\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBESTSELLER - A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into a brilliant portrait of a first lady--from the author of \u003ci\u003eRodham\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEligible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Terrific . . . an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.\"--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e - NPR \u003ci\u003e- Rocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurtis Sittenfeld\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePrep, The Man of My Dreams, American Wife, Sisterland, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEligible, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Think It, I'll Say It, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich have been translated into thirty languages. Her short stories have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, of which she was the 2020 guest editor.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eHer nonfiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Atlantic, Time, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, \u003c\/i\u003e and on public radio's \u003ci\u003eThis American Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 8.03 x 5.15 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47458013839538,"sku":"9780812975406","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7b25b0c94aec8f6f3b46682a9c9d2064.webp?v=1778886898","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/american-wife-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}