{"product_id":"american-wife-9780552775540","title":"American Wife","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCurtis Sittenfeld \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003eTimes bestselling \u003ci\u003eRodham. \u003c\/i\u003eOther novels include \u003ci\u003eAmerican Wife \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePrep, \u003c\/i\u003eboth bestsellers and longlisted for the Orange Prize, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMan of My Dreams, Sisterland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEligible, \u003c\/i\u003eand the acclaimed short story collections \u003ci\u003eYou Think It, I'll Say It\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHelp Yourself. \u003c\/i\u003eHer stories have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, Esquire, Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e Sittenfeld was also the guest editor for the 2020 Best American Short Stories anthology. She lives with her family in the American Midwest. Follow her on Twitter @CSittenfeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuch 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, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling combination of history and surprises * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eSuperbly well-written - one of the most absorbing books of the year * Evening Standard *\u003cbr\u003eThoroughly enjoyable. The plot is beautifully paced, the writing quick, clear, absorbing... A sweeping saga * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA powerful, utterly compelling and strangely moving fictional account of a First Lady who bears more than a passing resemblance to Laura Bush * Daily Mirror *\u003cbr\u003eI was utterly absorbed in this story of a political marriage and a wife who has her own reasons. Curtis Sittenfeld has thrown a powerful light on small town America and its misunderstood values\u003cbr\u003eMy favourite book of the year * Kate Atkinson *\u003cbr\u003eA quietly riveting parable... thought-provoking, entertaining and full of subtle reflections on class and marriage * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA classic story, with a langorous pace and a fierce literary integrity... Sittenfeld has provided a plausible secret history of an American embarrassment - and a grand entertainment\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Wife\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003eThis is one of the finest American novels of 2008 * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003eCurtis Sittenfeld is an amazing writer, and American Wife is a brave and moving novel about the intersection of private and public life in America. Ambitious and humble at the same time, Sittenfeld refuses to trivialize or simplify people, whether real or imagined\u003cbr\u003eThe scope and detail of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Wife\u003c\/i\u003e 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 *\u003cbr\u003eVastly entertaining... It is an intelligent, well-crafted, psychologically astute novel * New York Sun *\u003cbr\u003eWeaves fate, family, marriage, wealth and power into an absorbing story * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eUtterly brilliant\u003cbr\u003eThis engagingly candid First Lady is belssed with so many attractive qualities that her story grips from the very beginning. Full marks to Curtis Sittenfeld * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eBest book: I was on the beach in Croatia recently and it was the one book that quite a few women were lying there reading. It was surreal * Best *\u003cbr\u003eI truly can't believe what a great writer Sittenfeld is, she's fantastic * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003eA deft, funny and revealing story... This clever and convincing portrait of human frailty is a reminder that perhaps none of us is what we might seem. An honest and insightful story of a marriage, and a refreshing take on recent history * Psychologies *\u003cbr\u003eWhen people ask for book recommendations I often press Curtis Sittenfeld’s magnificent third novel, American Wife, into their hands. This loosely fictionalised life of former first lady Laura Bush has a rare and magical combination of accessibility, wit and serious thinking. * The Times *","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48066845802839,"sku":"9780552775540","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780552775540.jpg?v=1713211858","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-wife-9780552775540","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}