Well fuck me in a dog suit, this book turned out to be a fictionalized Laura Bush memoir. In all likelihood I probably wouldn't have read it had I done the smallest bit of research (aka reading a few reviews). As it turns out, it was a pretty good book, at least the first three quarters. Early on...
American Wife tells the story of Alice Lindgren, the bookish daughter of a small town middle class couple who, as a teen, is involved in a car accident which alters her life forever. Alice survives the accident with only minor physical injuries (not so for the other person involved) but emotionally ...
I came to this book after the twist was widely known, so I knew from the beginning that Alice Blackwell is a fictionalized Laura Bush. I think that the process of coming to realize that this is the case would have been electrifying, and I'm sorry I couldn't read this book without prior knowledge, bu...
For now, a non-review. My reflection for Literary Wives. It's long, I'm sorry, and I sound like a nut job, I know.In SummaryThis book blew my mind: I hated it, or maybe I loved it. I'm really torn.I will say I read this nearly 600 page book in about two days, unable to stop, consumed with curiosi...
Like EVERY other reviewer, I felt the book really flag in the last quarter. I almost loved the first three parts and it was well on its way to a four-star rating. But, sigh, I didnt know what the fourth part was trying to say. Made me feel preached to and a little stupid.
This is a compelling, well-written story, but I abandoned it halfway through. Why? I grew suspicious the author was sneaking her political viewpoint into the narrative, and the reviews I read confirmed the politicizing would increase throughout the novel. I wanted no part of that.Alice Lindgren is a...
After having looked at this book several times over the last year or so, one of my GR groups finally decided to read it as a group read, which bumped it up on my list. The premise of the book, the story of a first lady's life, sounded interesting to me. And it really was, it was just not at all wh...
this is the life of a woman from her youth ,her ups and downs with her family and friends and it isn't all sweetness and light .its one of those books you can't wait to read but don't want to finish.
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