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Orange Prize for Fiction 2009
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American Wife
Curtis Sittenfeldread
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synopsis
On one of the most important days of her husband’s presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has led them to the White House. Thrust into a position she did not seek – one of power and influence, privilege and responsibility – Alice must face contradictions years in the making: how can she at once love and fundamentally disagree with her husband? How complicit has she been in the trajectory of her own life?
Curtis Sittenfeld
is the author of two previous novels, Prep, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2006 and The Man of My Dreams. She is married and lives in the USA
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