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American wife

by Curtis Sittenfeld

Presidents' spousesFictionFiction, coming of ageLibrarians, fictionPresidents, united states, fiction

In the year 2000, in the closest election in American history, Alice Blackwell's husband becomes president of the United States. Their time in the White House proves to be heady, tumultuous and controversial.

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Book data: Open Library