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Imprint: Black Swan
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Published: 02/07/2009
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ISBN: 9780552775540
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Length: 656 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 39mm x 127mm
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Weight: 430g
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RRP: £9.99
American Wife
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The acclaimed word-of-mouth bestseller
'Honest, wonderful and smart as hell' Guardian
'Curtis Sittenfeld is in a league of her own' Observer
All I did is marry him. You are the ones who gave him power.
Quiet, bookish Alice Blackwell never dreamed of being First Lady. Much less to a President whose politics she doesn't believe in. On perhaps the most important day of her husband's presidency, Alice looks back on the strange and unlikely path that led her to the White House, and to a decision - both treacherous and long overdue - that could jeopardise everything.
Taking inspiration from real life, American Wife is a remarkable portrait of a woman caught between her feelings for her husband, her country, and herself.
'My favourite book of the century' HADLEY FREEMAN, GUARDIAN
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Imprint: Black Swan
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Published: 02/07/2009
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ISBN: 9780552775540
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Length: 656 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 39mm x 127mm
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Weight: 430g
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RRP: £9.99
Reviews
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Such an accomplished work of fiction... a thoughtful and compelling examination of the mechanics of family and marriage... Knowing and knowledgeable, yet also inventive and original, American Wife is a thrilling combination of history and surprises
Guardian
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Superbly well-written - one of the most absorbing books of the year
Evening Standard
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Thoroughly enjoyable. The plot is beautifully paced, the writing quick, clear, absorbing... A sweeping saga
The Times
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A powerful, utterly compelling and strangely moving fictional account of a First Lady who bears more than a passing resemblance to Laura Bush
Daily Mirror
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My favourite book of the year
Kate Atkinson
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A quietly riveting parable... thought-provoking, entertaining and full of subtle reflections on class and marriage
Daily Mail
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American Wife is easily one of the best books written so far this century. It is honest, wonderful and smart as hell, the kind of book that you try to eke out to make it last as long as possible
Guardian
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This is one of the finest American novels of 2008
New Statesman
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The scope and detail of American Wife are reminiscent of Richard Russo. Like Russo, she creates characters from the ground up, ancestry, neighborhood, culture and all... Her characters are carefully rendered and the story is well-constructed
Los Angeles Times
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Vastly entertaining... It is an intelligent, well-crafted, psychologically astute novel
New York Sun
