A review by jrosenstein
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld

2.0

I really wanted to love this book. I loved her first novel, Prep and I really liked the idea of a novel based on the life of Laura Bush, who I think most librarians will agree is an intriguing woman. However, I found the book to the rather slow and too introspective. The main character's husband doesn't become president until almost the end of the book. I see that Sittenfeld is trying to focus more on the character of the First Lady and the dynamics of a marriage, but frankly, for me part of writing a book about a First Lady is talking about her experiences in the White House and how she got there, not just why she decided to marry her immature alcoholic husband.