In a recent interview on NPR’s Fresh Air, author Rafael Yglesias reveals:
One of the reasons that I wrote this novel is that before Margaret ever got ill, I had always wanted to write a novel about a long marriage, especially when I realized in middle age that I had fallen very deeply back in love [...]
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“American Wife” by Curtis Sittenfeld
Posted in fiction, tagged fiction, marriage, politics on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Curtis Sittenfeld’s new novel, American Wife, is a thinly veiled portrait of first lady Laura Bush’s life. She paints the portrait of Alice Blackwell—a reserved, thoughtful woman who lives her life as a devoted spouse and mother but possesses a strong moral resolve that often runs counter to her role as the wife of a [...]
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