This book was fabulous!!!! I really felt like I got to know this woman, Laura Bush, who in the book is Alice Lindgren, who marries Charles Blackwell (aka George W. Bush).
The writing is just wonderful. It's a page-turner and thoughtful and deep and rich in character development. And toward the end of the book, when she deals with being "the President's wife," Ms. Sittenfeld really writes from the heart and soul and you SWEAR that she IS the president's wife. It's so personal and real. I can't convey how I felt reading this part. I really liked this woman...wanted to meet her and get to know her.
I really would love to know how much of the character is based on the truth about Mrs. Bush. If she is really like the person in the book, I have to feel bad that I judged her because of who she is married to.So much of this last section of the book deals with being famous and what people expect of you, how they treat you, what they think of you, just because you ARE famous. It's such a great account of that facet life in the political limelight, or any limelight for that matter.
When this book came out, I read about it and was fascinated by the whole idea of it. I am so glad that I finally got to read it. It was just great. I want to read Ms. Sittenfeld's other books now, too!
