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American Wife
On what might become one of the most significant days in her husbands presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has
led her to the White Houseand the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, almost in opposition to itself. A kind, bookish only child born in
the 1940s, Alice learned the virtues of politeness early on from her stolid parents...
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On what might become one of the most significant days in her husbands presidency, Alice Blackwell considers the strange and unlikely path that has
led her to the White Houseand the repercussions of a life lived, as she puts it, almost in opposition to itself. A kind, bookish only child born in
the 1940s, Alice learned the virtues of politeness early on from her stolid parents and small Wisconsin hometown. But a tragic accident when she was
seventeen shattered her identity and made her understand the fragility of life and the tenuousness of luck. So more than a decade later, when she met
boisterous, charismatic Charlie Blackwell, she hardly gave him a second look: She was serious and thoughtful, and he would rather crack a joke than
offer a real insight; he was the wealthy son of a bastion family of the Republican party, and she was a school librarian and registered Democrat.
Comfortable in her quiet and unassuming life, she felt inured to his charms. And then, much to her surprise, Alice fell for Charlie. As Alice learns
to make her way amid the clannish energy and smug confidence of the Blackwell family, navigating the strange rituals of their country club and summer
estate, she remains uneasy with her newfound good fortune. And when Charlie eventually becomes President, Alice is thrust into a position she did not
seekone of power and influence, privilege and responsibility. As Charlies tumultuous and controversial second term in the White House wears on, Alice
must face contradictions years in the making: How can she both love and fundamentally disagree with her husband? How complicit has she been in the
trajectory of her own life? What should she do when her private beliefs run against her public persona? In Alice Blackwell, New York Times
bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld has created her most dynamic and complex heroine yet. American Wife is a gorgeously written novel that weaves
class, wealth, race, and the exigencies of fate into a brilliant tapestrya novel in which the unexpected becomes inevitable, and the pleasures and
pain of intimacy and love are laid bare.
I.S.B.N.: 9781400064755
Cód. Barras: 9781400064755
Reduzido: 2616629
Acabamento : Encadernado
Edição : 2008
Idioma : Inglês
Número de Paginas : 576
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