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Arts & Culture > Poetry & Prose > Laura Bush ... ..Or Not?
 

Laura Bush ... ..Or Not?

I have just finished a book by Curtis Sittenfeld called, "An American Woman". It is very interesting and well written and is not a biography but you can't help knowing that it is about the Bush family and Laura in particular. The main character is a librarian from a middle class family who falls in love with a wealthy man. His mother, Priscilla is certainly recognizable as Barbara Bush. Her husband buys a baseball team, goes in to politics, is elected governor and then is a two term president who is very unpopular. He is a born again Christian who had an alcohol problem.

How much more explicit can you get? Maybe she needed a plot. It is long but she did an excellent job of constructing her characters and their internal dialogues.
It was fun to read and held my interest. You might like to try it.

The cold is back with us and it makes me just want to snuggle up with China, (being a seventeen year old cat, snuggling is what she does best) and read.

posted on Dec 29, 2008 7:34 AM ()

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This is quite interesting that someone thought to write a fiction book that no one takes for fiction... I guess I have mixed feelings about Laura. She stuck with him through thick and thin (very thin). I felt this way about Hillary when she stuck with Bill. Well...
comment by sunlight on Jan 1, 2009 6:09 PM ()
W is married?! I think I've seen Laura a couple of times. Nothing like Nancy Reagan, standing there alongside, putting words in Ronnie's ears! Happy New Year!!
comment by solitaire on Jan 1, 2009 6:28 AM ()
Strange, how I've grown to dislike GW so intensely that I never give any thought to the woman behind the man. But then again, she loves and supports the private person who may not be very much like his public persona.
comment by dragonflyby on Jan 1, 2009 6:16 AM ()
Laura Bush is the typical Southern woman. The husband rules the roost. However, I think she did lay down the law about the drinking. Bush, himself, said she pretty much told him, "It's Jack Daniel or me."
comment by redimpala on Dec 30, 2008 10:42 AM ()
snuggling with your kitty and reading sounds PERFECT!!! Enjoy..
comment by kristilyn3 on Dec 30, 2008 8:57 AM ()
Interesting to see comments in favor of Laura. I have not been impressed with any of the Bush women, starting with Barbara (often characterized as fearless -- don't get her angry, the first Bush chuckles). Does the book evoke sympathy for Laura? I don't hate these women, but I haven't noticed that there is much there.
comment by tealstar on Dec 29, 2008 5:41 PM ()
I admire Laura Bush so much. I might have to try this book
comment by elkhound on Dec 29, 2008 2:36 PM ()
I really do like this woman.Too bad that she is married to this jerk.She is too good for him and hope that he appreciated this.
comment by fredo on Dec 29, 2008 9:43 AM ()

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