American Wife...
It was my (Whitney) month to choose a book for us to read and I chose American Wife. I'm easily influenced by advertisements so after seeing American Wife on a few book lists as well as on Amazon I knew it would be the book I would chose when my turn came around. Here's a brief synopsis of the book:
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.
Happy Reading!!
Whitney
It was my (Whitney) month to choose a book for us to read and I chose American Wife. I'm easily influenced by advertisements so after seeing American Wife on a few book lists as well as on Amazon I knew it would be the book I would chose when my turn came around. Here's a brief synopsis of the book:
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.
Happy Reading!!
Whitney
So...when do we get your review of the American Wife?
ReplyDeleteI'm about to write it...we JUST met!
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