{"id":959,"date":"2019-06-15T11:15:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T11:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/?p=959&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-07-06T14:08:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T14:08:55","slug":"american-wife-curtis-sittenfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/en\/2019\/06\/15\/american-wife-curtis-sittenfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;AMERICAN WIFE&#8221; by Curtis Sittenfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-American-wife.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-957\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-American-wife.jpg\" alt=\"The American wife\" width=\"280\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-American-wife.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.exlibrismeis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-American-wife-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>When I read the book, I did not know that the main female character was based (more or less) on Laura Bush (the wife of the American president George W. Bush). I also did not know that the story of the book was based on their life as a couple.<br \/>\nFor me, it was a perfect love and life story.<\/p>\n<p>I loved the way Curtis Sittenfeld wrote her book. <br \/>\nDue to her writing style, I understood her heroine, Alice. It was effortless for me to empathize with Alice but also to respect her for fighting to maintain her marriage with Charlie.<\/p>\n<p>The passage I choose is Alice\u2019s first date with Charlie:<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Charlie:<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"> <br \/>\n&#8221; &#8211; I&#8217;ll go settle the tab. Then we head back to Madison- I&#8217;m happy to drive. <br \/>\nWe go to your apartment, we take off all our clothes, we get in bed, and I show you that Republicans do know a little something about a little something. <br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">He paused.\u00a0<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8211; After you&#8217;re \u00a0finished eating, of course.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Alice<\/strong>:<\/span><strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<br \/>\n&#8220;<\/span><\/em><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Had I expressed shock or distaste, it would have been disingenuous- enough had happened in my life already that was far more shocking and distasteful than a sexual proposition. <br \/>\nAnd besides, he&#8217;d sounded so boyish, so sweet, even. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Then, too, I suppose I might have feigned offence not because I really was offended but because I wanted him to think I was, for propriety&#8217;s sake.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">But this seemed silly. 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