Most Popular Books by Curtis Sittenfeld

An insightful, achingly funny coming-of-age story as well as a brilliant dissection of class, race, and gender in a hothouse of adolescent angst and ambition. Lee Fiora is an intelligent, observant fourteen-year-old when her father drops her off in front of her dorm at the prestigious Ault School in Massachusetts. She leaves her animated, affectionate family in South Bend, Indiana, at least in part because of the boarding school’s glossy brochure, in which boys in sweaters chat in front of old brick buildings, girls in kilts hold lacrosse sticks on pristinely mown athletic fields, and everyone sings hymns in chapel. As Lee soon learns, Ault is a cloistered world of jaded, attractive teenagers who spend summers on Nantucket and speak in their own clever shorthand. Both intimidated and fascinated by her classmates, Lee becomes a shrewd observer of—and, ultimately, a participant in—their rituals and mores. As a scholarship student, she constantly feels like an outsider and is both drawn to and repelled by other loners. By the time she’s a senior, Lee has created a hard-won place for herself at Ault. But when her behavior takes a self-destructive and highly public turn, her carefully crafted identity within the community is shattered. Ultimately, Lee’s experiences—complicated relationships with teachers; intense friendships with other girls; an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush; conflicts with her parents, from whom Lee feels increasingly distant—coalesce into a singular portrait of the painful and thrilling adolescence universal to us all. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Curtis Sittenfeld''s Sisterland. Praise for Prep “Curtis Sittenfeld is a young writer with a crazy amount of talent. Her sharp and economical prose reminds us of Joan Didion and Tobias Wolff. Like them, she has a sly and potent wit, which cuts unexpectedly—but often—through the placid surface of her prose. Her voice is strong and clear, her moral compass steady; I’d believe anything she told me.”—Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius “Prep’s every sentence rings true. Sittenfeld is a rising star.”—Wally Lamb, author of She’s Come Undone and I Know This Much Is True

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A comedy writer thinks she’s sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions—a “smart, sophisticated, and fun” (Oprah Daily) novel from the author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep. “Full of dazzling banter and sizzling chemistry.”—People “If you ever wanted a backstage pass to Saturday Night Live, this is the book for you.”—Zibby Owens, Good Morning America A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, Harper’s Bazaar, Real Simple, She Reads, New York Post Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she’s long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally’s friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the show—and in society at large—who’ve gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called The Danny Horst Rule, poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman. Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week’s show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder if there might actually be sparks flying. But this isn’t a romantic comedy—it’s real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her . . . right? With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page, Curtis Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into a brilliant portrait of a first lady—from the author of Rodham and Eligible “Terrific . . . an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time • People • Entertainment Weekly A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with—and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband’s presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review • Chicago Tribune • NPR • Rocky Mountain News • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • The Washington Post Book World

In her acclaimed debut novel, Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld created a touchstone with her pitch-perfect portrayal of adolescence. Her prose is as intensely realistic and compelling as ever in The Man of My Dreams, a disarmingly candid and sympathetic novel about the collision of a young woman’s fantasies of family and love with the challenges and realities of adult life. Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991. In the magazines she reads, celebrities plan elaborate weddings; in Hannah’s own life, her parents’ marriage is crumbling. And somewhere in between these two extremes—just maybe—lie the answers to love’s most bewildering questions. But over the next decade and a half, as she moves from Philadelphia to Boston to Albuquerque, Hannah finds that the questions become more rather than less complicated: At what point can you no longer blame your adult failures on your messed-up childhood? Is settling for someone who’s not your soul mate an act of maturity or an admission of defeat? And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky—or just pathetic? None of the relationships in Hannah’s life are without complications. There’s her father, whose stubbornness Hannah realizes she’s unfortunately inherited; her gorgeous cousin, Fig, whose misbehavior alternately intrigues and irritates Hannah; Henry, whom Hannah first falls for in college, while he’s dating Fig; and the boyfriends who love her more or less than she deserves, who adore her or break her heart. By the time she’s in her late twenties, Hannah has finally figured out what she wants most—but she doesn’t yet know whether she’ll find the courage to go after it. Full of honesty and humor, The Man of My Dreams is an unnervingly insightful and beautifully written examination of the outside forces and personal choices that make us who we are.

A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice...Returning with her sister, Jane, to their Ohio hometown when their father falls ill, New York magazine editor Lizzy Bennett confronts challenges in the form of her younger sisters'' football fangirl antics, a creepy cousin''s unwanted attentions and the infuriating standoffish manners of a handsome neurosurgeon.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of American Wife and Eligible . . . He proposed. She said no. And it changed her life forever. “A deviously clever what if.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Immersive, escapist.”—Good Morning America “Ingenious.”—The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • NPR • The Washington Post • Marie Claire • Cosmopolitan (UK) • Town & Country • New York Post In 1971, Hillary Rodham is a young woman full of promise: Life magazine has covered her Wellesley commencement speech, she’s attending Yale Law School, and she’s on the forefront of student activism and the women’s rights movement. And then she meets Bill Clinton. A handsome, charismatic southerner and fellow law student, Bill is already planning his political career. In each other, the two find a profound intellectual, emotional, and physical connection that neither has previously experienced. In the real world, Hillary followed Bill back to Arkansas, and he proposed several times; although she said no more than once, as we all know, she eventually accepted and became Hillary Clinton. But in Curtis Sittenfeld’s powerfully imagined tour-de-force of fiction, Hillary takes a different road. Feeling doubt about the prospective marriage, she endures their devastating breakup and leaves Arkansas. Over the next four decades, she blazes her own trail—one that unfolds in public as well as in private, that involves crossing paths again (and again) with Bill Clinton, that raises questions about the tradeoffs all of us must make in building a life. Brilliantly weaving a riveting fictional tale into actual historical events, Curtis Sittenfeld delivers an uncannily astute and witty story for our times. In exploring the loneliness, moral ambivalence, and iron determination that characterize the quest for political power, as well as both the exhilaration and painful compromises demanded of female ambition in a world still run mostly by men, Rodham is a singular and unforgettable novel.

When the strongest earthquake in U.S. history occurs just north of their St. Louis home, Kate and Jeremy find the disaster further complicated by Kate''s twin sister''s prediction about a more powerful earthquake.

A funny, fiercely intelligent, and moving collection exploring marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition—including a story that revisits the main character from Curtis Sittenfeld’s iconic novel Prep—from the New York Times bestselling author of Eligible and Romantic Comedy “[Sittenfeld’s] perfectly contained stories are a joy.”—Booklist, starred review In her second story collection, Sittenfeld shows why she’s as beloved for her short fiction as she is for her novels. In these dazzling stories, she conjures up characters so real that they seem like old friends, laying bare the moments when their long held beliefs are overturned. In “The Patron Saints of Middle Age,” a woman visits two friends she hasn’t seen since her divorce. In “A for Alone,” a married artist embarks on a creative project intended to disprove the so-called Mike Pence Rule, which suggests that women and men can’t spend time alone together without lusting after each other. And in “Lost but Not Forgotten,” Sittenfeld gives readers of her novel Prep a window into the world of her beloved character Lee Fiora, decades later, when Lee attends an alumni reunion at her boarding school. Hilarious, thought-provoking, and full of tenderness for her characters, Sittenfeld’s stories peel back layer after layer of our inner lives, keeping us riveted to the page with her utterly distinctive voice.

''Most people I know who have read anything by Curtis Sittenfeld would read anything else the woman wrote, me included'' The Times In ''The World Has Many Butterflies'', a married woman flirts with a man she meets at parties by playing You think it, I''ll say it, putting into words the bitchy things she guesses he''s thinking about their fellow guests. But she is in for a shock when, in time, she finds out what was really in his mind. ''The Nominee'' sees Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail, confessing her surprising true feelings about a woman journalist she has sparred with over the years. In ''Gender Studies'', a visiting academic sleeps with her taxi driver, for what turns out to be all the wrong reasons. The theme that unites these stories in this dazzling first collection by Curtis Sittenfeld is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves. Sharp and tender, funny and wise, this collection shows Sittenfeld''s knack for creating real, believable characters that spring off the page, while also skewering contemporary mores with brilliant dry wit.

“Twenty masterfully crafted short stories” by T.C. Boyle, Emma Cline, Mary Gaitskill, and more: “Outstanding and well worth the read.” —Booklist (starred review) “To read their stories felt to me the way I suspect other people feel hearing jazz for the first time,” recalls Curtis Sittenfeld of her initial encounter with the Best American Short Stories series. “They were windows into emotions I had and hadn’t had, into other settings and circumstances and observations and relationships.” Decades later, Sittenfeld was met by the same feeling selecting the stories for this year’s edition. The result is a striking and nuanced collection, bringing to life awkward college students, disgraced public figures, raunchy grandparents, and mystical godmothers. To read these stories is to experience the transporting joys of discovery and affirmation, and to realize that story writing in America continues to flourish. The Best American Short Stories 2020 includes selections by: T. C. BOYLE • EMMA CLINE • MARY GAITSKILL • ANDREA LEE • ELIZABETH McCRACKEN • ALEJANDRO PUYANA • WILLIAM PEI SHIH • KEVIN WILSON • JANE PEK • CAROLYN FERRELL • SCOTT NADELSON • MENG JIN • and more

Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

Efter framgångarna med I en klass för sig och Presidentens hustru är Curtis Sittenfeld en författare som närmast dyrkas av sina läsare. Nu är hon tillbaka med en självlysande berättelse om systerskap och familjeband, lojalitet och svek, och om den ibland hårfina skillnaden mellan tro och visshet. Enäggstvillingarna Vi och Kate är födda med en gåva, eller en förbannelse: de är synska. Den excentriska Vi omfamnar sin förmåga, hon säger sig kommunicera med en skyddsängel och försörjer sig som medium. Kate däremot gör allt för att dölja sitt annorlundaskap; det skrämmer henne och hon går helhjärtat in för rollen som rekorderlig hustru och småbarnsförälder och byter till och med namn för att inte förknippas med sin bohemiska syster och hennes obskyra verksamhet. Men när Vi förutspår att deras hemstad St. Louis i Missouri inom ett par veckor kommer att drabbas av en förödande jordbävning rubbas Kates cirklar, eftersom hon djupt inombords vet att Vis förutsägelse stämmer. Hur ska hon kunna skydda sin familj och varna omvärlden för den annalkande katastrofen utan att avslöja sin skamliga hemlighet? Systerland är spännande som en psykologisk nedräkningsthriller samtidigt som den är en mästerligt utmejslad relationsroman med en upplösning som ställer allt på ända.

Was wäre geschehen, hätte Hillary Bill Clinton nicht geheiratet? Jung, politisch erfolgreich und leidenschaftlich verliebt – Hillary Rodham und Bill Clinton sind das romantische Traumpaar der 70er-Jahre. Ihre Pläne für die gemeinsame Zukunft kennen daher auch nur eine Richtung: ganz nach oben. Doch als Bill um Hillarys Hand anhält, lehnt sie ab. Ein Nein, das ihr Leben für immer verändern wird... US-Erfolgsautorin Curtis Sittenfeld gibt der Weltgeschichte in ihrem gefeierten New-York-Times-Bestseller einen überraschenden neuen Lauf. In »Hillary« erleben wir das politische Amerika, wie es noch nie jemand erzählt hat: hautnah und aus der Perspektive einer Frau, die für ihren Lebenstraum alles gibt. So unterhaltsam wie scharfsinnig beleuchtet Sittenfeld die Abgründe einer Frau, über die wir eigentlich alles zu wissen glaubten. »Sittenfelds Hillary ist beides: Mitwirkende im Game of Thrones, romantische Romanheldin und wunderbar knallharte Frau.« O: The Oprah Magazine

Libro estrella en The New York Times, Sin compromiso es una elegante y divertida reescritura en clave moderna de Orgullo y prejuicio. Nada en el mundo podría haber preparado a Lizzy Bennet, treintañera de buena familia que trabaja en una revista femenina, y a su hermana mayor, Jane, monitora de yoga a punto de cumplir los cuarenta, para el panorama que se encuentran al volver a Cincinnati: la enorme casa de estilo Tudor en la que se criaron se cae a pedazos y toda su familia parece envuelta en una crisis sin solución. Las hermanas menores, Kitty y Lydia, están demasiado ocupadas con sus ejercicios de crossfit y sus paleodietas como para buscar trabajo. Mary, la mediana, está sacándose su tercera carrera on-line y apenas sale de su cuarto. Y la señora Bennet solo piensa en una cosa: cómo casar a sus hijas. Con la entrada en escena de Chip Bingley, un atractivo médico que ha participado en un reality para buscar pareja, y su amigo, el neurocirujano Fitzwilliam Darcy, la vida de todos los miembros de la familia Bennet dará un giro completamente inesperado... En Sin compromiso, que homenajea y revisa con desenfado la obra maestra de Jane Austen, Sittenfeld lanza una nueva y refrescante mirada sobre temas tan clásicos como las diferencias de clase, el amor o las relaciones familiares, logrando así una de las novelas más sofisticadas y entretenidas de los últimos años.

"Se você precisa de um passatempo inteligente, sofisticado e divertido (quem não precisa?), este livro é para você." Oprah Daily "Uma carta de amor para as comédias românticas... A escrita de Sittenfeld traz à tona o desejo feminino: o que queremos, o que com certeza não queremos e, talvez o mais importante, o que podemos ter..." The New York Times Book Review Sally Milz é roteirista do The Night Owls, um programa de humor que vai ao ar na TV todo sábado. Com uma série de desilusões amorosas dignas de uma sitcom, há muito tempo Sally desistiu do amor, preferindo focar na carreira, em encontros casuais e conversas com o padrasto. Mas a vida é cheia de surpresas. E quando Noah Brewster, um fenômeno da música pop, é contratado como apresentador e convidado musical para o The Night Owls, Sally precisa repensar alguns de seus conceitos. Noah é o tipo de cara que só namora modelos, então Sally sabe que não deveria criar expectativa. Porém, depois de passarem uma noite juntos escrevendo um esquete, algo surge entre os dois e Sally começa a se perguntar se realmente pode estar pintando um clima entre eles. Só que esta não é uma comédia romântica — é a vida real. E, na vida real, alguém como Noah nunca namoraria alguém como Sally... certo? Neste livro que remete às melhores comédias, Curtis Sittenfeld explora a maravilha do amor enquanto analisa os rituais sociais do romance e as relações de gênero na era moderna.

Meisterhaft und einfühlsam schildert Curtis Sittenfeld den unfreiwilligen Aufstieg einer Frau bis an die Spitze einer Weltmacht, ihre Selbstzweifel und die Widersprüche ihres Lebens. Mit dieser fiktiven aber dem wahren Leben kunstvoll angelehnten Geschichte gelingt der US-Bestsellerautorin das ehrliche, kontrovers diskutierte Porträt der völlig zu Unrecht unterschätzten Laura Bush - ein Roman voller Charme und Esprit. Curtis Sittenfeld absolvierte die Stanford University und erhielt mit 16 ihren ersten namhaften Literaturpreis, sie veröffentlichte in New York Times, Fast Company und der Washington Post. 2008 erschien ihr Roman Also lieb ich ihn und 2009 Die Frau des Präsidenten.

Elizabeth et Darcy sont de retour. Toutes les mères de famille de Cincinnati sont dans les starting-blocks : le célèbre Chip Bingley vient de s''installer en ville. Ex-participant d''une émission de téléréalité, il est beau, médecin, riche et CÉLIBATAIRE. Le parti idéal. Elizabeth Bennet, de son côté, s''en moque éperdument, d''autant que le jeune homme est toujours accompagné de son collègue, l''insupportable et suffisant Fitzwilliam Darcy. La jeune femme a de toute façon de quoi faire : elle a décidé de redresser les finances familiales malgré la résistance de trois sœurs qui vivent encore aux crochets de leurs parents et d''une mère qui soigne ses névroses à coups de shopping en ligne. Quant à sa sœur aînée, Jane, elle n''a rien trouvé de mieux que de craquer pour le fameux Chip. Et puisque l''attirance semble réciproque, Elizabeth devra encore croiser ce foutu Darcy. Génial. " Il n''existe pas de plus parfaite association que Curtis Sittenfeld et Jane Austen. " Elle USA " Un pur bonheur... Frivole, glamour, un Orgueil et Préjugés terriblement moderne. " Jessie Burton, auteur du Miniaturiste

Bestseller „New York Timesa”, jedna z najlepszych książek roku według „New Yorkera”, „NPR”, „The Washington Post”, „Marie Claire”, „Cosmopolitan”, „Town & Country” i „New York Post”! OŚWIADCZYŁ SIĘ. ONA POWIEDZIAŁA NIE. I TO ZMIENIŁO JEJ ŻYCIE NA ZAWSZE. W roku 1971 Hillary Rodham jest młodą, obiecującą studentką prawa na Yale, o której przemówieniu podczas ceremonii rozdania dyplomów w college’u Wellesley pisał sam magazyn „Life”. Aktywnie angażuje się w studenckie życie polityczne i konsekwentnie walczy o prawa kobiet. I wtedy poznaje przystojnego, charyzmatycznego Billa Clintona, który przyjechał z południa Stanów, żeby także studiować prawo. Mimo młodego wieku Bill planuje już swoją przyszłą karierę polityczną. Między dwojgiem młodych ludzi rodzi się głęboka więź intelektualna, emocjonalna i fizyczna, jakiej żadne z nich nigdy wcześniej nie doświadczyło. W prawdziwym świecie Hillary pojechała razem z Billem do Arkansas, a on kilkakrotnie prosił ją o rękę. Choć z początku odmawiała, w końcu, jak wszyscy wiemy, przyjęła oświadczyny i stała się znaną na całym świecie Hillary Clinton. Ale w powieści Curtis Sittenfield, będącej prawdziwym popisem wyobraźni pisarki, Hillary wybiera inną drogę. Nie mogąc się wyzbyć swych wątpliwości wobec Billa, decyduje się na bolesne rozstanie i opuszcza Arkansas. Przez kolejnych czterdzieści lat przeciera swój własny szlak, zarówno w życiu publicznym, jak i prywatnym. Los sprawi, że ścieżki jej i Billa przetną się jeszcze nie raz, przywodząc na myśl pytania o konsekwencje wyborów, jakich podczas podróży przez życie dokonuje każdy z nas. Autorka brawurowo przeplata prawdę historyczną z fikcją literacką, tworząc intrygującą i błyskotliwą opowieść na miarę naszych czasów. Sittenfeld serwuje nam literackie katharsis, stanowiące antidotum na autentyczne problemy, z którymi zmagają się kobiety w Ameryce rozdartej przez toksyczne podziały. „Booklist” Piekielnie inteligenta zabawa w „co by był, gdyby”. – „O: The Oprah Magazine”

La adolescencia te prepara para todo... menos para sobrevivir a ella. Si siempre has querido leer El guardián entre el centeno con una chica como protagonista, ¡tienes que conocer a Lee Fiora! «Cómica, sincera, sorprendentemente sensual y teñida por una mirada muy particular sobre la vida y los corazones rotos en un exclusivo internado de Nueva Inglaterra». Tom Perrotta «La prosa de Curtis Sittenfeld se abre camino con una voz tan firme y rotunda que me creería cualquier cosa que dijese».Dave Eggers Cuando su padre la acompaña hasta la entrada del prestigioso internado Ault de Massachusetts, no parece que Lee Fiora añore demasiado a la familia que deja atrás en su pequeña ciudad de Indiana, seducida por las brillantes fotografías del elegante folleto promocional del centro: chicos de uniforme delante de vetustos edificios de ladrillo y chicas con falda escocesa y palos de lacrosse sobre un césped inmaculado. Pero como no tarda en descubrir, Ault es un mundo aparte, habitado por jóvenes ricos, hastiados y atractivos que se rigen por sus propios códigos. Tan intimidada como atraída por su deslumbrante entorno, Lee luchará por construir una nueva identidad que le permita seguir adelante, un delicado equilibrio entre dejar de sentirse una extraña y no olvidarse de ser ella misma. Con una protagonista tan auténtica y llena de matices como el Holden Caulfield de Salinger o el Mick Kelly de McCullers, Una perfecta educación es un afilado retrato de la intensa y contradictoria edad de los ritos de paso, una divertida, desprejuiciada y sensual puesta al día de la eterna novela de aprendizaje.

Meisterhaft und einfühlsam schildert Curtis Sittenfeld den unfreiwilligen Aufstieg einer Frau bis an die Spitze einer Weltmacht, ihre Selbstzweifel und die Widersprüche ihres Lebens. Mit dieser fiktiven aber dem wahren Leben kunstvoll angelehnten Geschichte gelingt der US-Bestsellerautorin das ehrliche, kontrovers diskutierte Porträt der völlig zu Unrecht unterschätzten Laura Bush - ein Roman voller Charme und Esprit. Curtis Sittenfeld absolvierte die Stanford University und erhielt mit 16 ihren ersten namhaften Literaturpreis, sie veröffentlichte in New York Times, Fast Company und der Washington Post. 2008 erschien ihr Roman Also lieb ich ihn und 2009 Die Frau des Präsidenten.

O primeiro romance de Curtis Sittenfeld, Preliminar – Os altos e baixos de Lee Fiora, foi aclamado pela crítica e escolhido pelo New York Times como um dos melhores livros de 2005. Nele, a autora disseca de forma brilhante os problemas de classe, raça e gênero que permeiam as ambições e angústias de adolescentes. Em O HOMEM DOS MEUS SONHOS, ela sai do universo dos exclusivos colégios internos e navega pelo difícil processo de amadurecimento de uma mulher. E escolhe como narradora uma jovem com uma família problemática e uma necessidade visceral de afeto. No verão de 1991, Hannah Gavener tem 14 anos. Uma observadora sagaz do que acontece a sua volta, mas sempre se sentindo uma pária, ela suga glamour das páginas de revistas de celebridade. Vive uma vida de fantasia, repleta de casamentos cinematográficos, residências de sonho. Mas sua realidade está distante disso. Os pais estão prestes a se separar e esse rompimento deixará marcas profundas. Em algum lugar entre esses dois extremos, talvez estejam as respostas para as mais complicadas questões do amor. Curtis tem um talento raro para transformar defeitos em vulnerabilidade e seus personagens em pessoas com que o leitor facilmente se identifica. E é torcendo por Hanna, que a acompanhamos por quase 15 anos, de 1991 até 2005. Suas mudanças entre Filadélfia, Boston e depois Albuquerque. Sua busca por amor, suas amizades e as tentativas de reconciliação com seu pai, ao mesmo tempo em que busca se afirmar longe de sua personalidade mercurial. Aos 30 anos, Hannah finalmente decifra seus desejos, mas ainda não sabe se terá coragem para perseguir o que quer. O HOMEM DOS MEUS SONHOS é um insight belo e perturbador das relações humanas. Com um humor que mescla sensibilidade e muita crítica de costumes, faz uma análise bem-humorada das escolhas femininas neste início de século. E festeja o equilíbrio entre amor, família, fantasia e as próprias ambições.

Alice levava uma vida pacata como bibliotecária filiada ao Partido Democrata no interior de Wisconsin até se apaixonar pelo tempestuoso e carismático Charlie Blackwell, filho rico de uma família poderosa do Partido Republicano. Alice é então obrigada a aprender a traçar seu caminho entre a hostil e convencida família Blackwell. Quando Charlie inesperadamente se torna presidente, ela é jogada em uma posição que nunca buscou - de poder e influência, privilégio e responsabilidade. Durante o tumultuoso e controverso segundo mandato de Charlie, Alice é obrigada a enfrentar anos de contradição em seu relacionamento e se vê diante de questões inesperadas.