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Book Review of American Wife

American Wife
American Wife
Author: Curtis Sittenfeld
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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This is a book VERY loosely based on a character similar to Laura Bush. Her man is a spoiled son of a priviledged, overbearing family that push him to his level of incompetence. Sound famililar? All in all the "wife," whose back story has a lot to do with her choices, falls for the guy. The story line follows her being subsummed by his neediness, lack of self-worth and eventually his rise to a position neither he or she were suited for: The President of the US. The writing is easy to follow. Along the way I found myself being angry at this woman who has so much more going for her and at the same time being enraged by the sheer lack of empathy (read "love") the guy has for his wife.(less)
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