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| so much fun on vacation! |
Curtis Sittenfeld is someone you should bring on vacation
this summer. And of course when I say "bring Curtis Sittenfeld on vacation this
summer," I mean bring Man of My Dreams,
Prep, or American Wife. I’m not
saying not to ask her on vacation if
you think that’s what you want to do; personally I think it's creepy, but
whatever.
I read Prep at the
urging of the literary director of the Texas Book Festival and ended up
devouring it on my seven-hour flight to Alaska a few years ago. It was the only
book I brought with me, so I was pretty much forced to look at nature and make
conversation for the next ten days. Prep
follows Lee Fiora as she leaves the Midwest to attend a prestigious prep school
on the east coast. The book is told semester-by-semester, culminating at
graduation. It clocks in at just over 400 pages but believe me, you won’t
believe how quickly it goes.
Intense teenage girl relationships and general young
adult angst not your thing (really, what’s wrong with you)? Well may I suggest American Wife, a novel loosely based on
Laura Bush? I’ve written about this novel a couple of times so won’t drone on
here but to say, for me, this was a novel about how smart, ambitious women can
easily get lost behind a powerful man.
This book exceeded my expectations in every way.
Sittenfeld has a new book due this June, and yes, I will be
bringing it on vacation.
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