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The Man of My Dreams

The Man of My Dreams

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Hannah is a confused fourteen-year-old. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah's own life, her parents' marriage is crumbling.

Over the next decade and a half, love throws her some complicated questions. At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed up childhood? Is settling for someone who's not your soulmate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky - or just pathetic?

© Curtis Sittenfeld 2000 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Reviews

  • Sittenfeld is a clever and refreshing writer... Likeable and compelling... Witty and astute... The result is impressive but most of all enjoyable

    The Sunday Times

  • Good-humoured, deeply engaging... Brilliant... Gratifying and elucidating

    Guardian

  • Delightful... Entertaining and thought-provoking... Sittenfeld's cut-glass prose and razor-sharp observations take her work to another level

    Observer

  • Funny and painfully true... Closing it for the last time, you feel like you're losing a new best friend

    Marie Claire

  • Razor-sharp... Sittenfeld's prose, which has that elusive ability to seduce you without you ever noticing The writing, is a joy to read, and her characters a joy to spend time with

    Time Out

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About the Author

Curtis Sittenfeld

Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling Rodham. Other novels include American Wife and Prep, both bestsellers and longlisted for the Orange Prize, The Man of My Dreams, Sisterland, Eligible, and the acclaimed short story collections You Think It, I'll Say It and Help Yourself. Her stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Oprah Magazine and the New York Times magazine. Sittenfeld is also the guest editor for the 2020 Best American Short Stories anthology. She lives with her family in the American Mid-West. Follow her on Twitter @CSittenfeld

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The Nominee: a short story about Hillary Clinton

In this warm and wholly believable short story from Curtis Sittenfeld’s collection You Think It, I’ll Say It, Hillary Clinton reflects upon a razor-sharp female journalist who she has sparred with for many years.

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