American Wife" by Curtis Sittenfeld - is it good?

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iwasyoungonce · 24/06/2010 11:30

Would you recommend this book?

And is it long?

Cheers.

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MrsJohnDeere · 24/06/2010 20:16

Yes, long.
Yes, very good.

jamaisjedors · 24/06/2010 20:03

But my mum thought it was so-so .

She thought the main protaganist was too apathetic and ambiguous.

I thought that was the point.

Generation thing?

jamaisjedors · 24/06/2010 20:01

Brilliant.

I haven't read anything as good since (though the end was a little slow and meandering buy you are hooked by then).

duckyfuzz · 24/06/2010 20:00

yes I enjoyed it

MayorNaze · 24/06/2010 20:00

yyy - am also waiting for prep which is also by her but amazon seem to have lost it

bluejeans · 24/06/2010 19:59

I liked it, but prefered CS's two previous books which were less well-known. I would recommend them, but depends what sort of books you like. I'm not really that interested in anything to do with politics.

squeaver · 24/06/2010 19:59

Yes it's fab.

moulesfrites · 24/06/2010 19:56

fabulous, I loved it

FolornHope · 24/06/2010 19:53

YES YES
tis reall great

OffOffandAway · 24/06/2010 19:52

Yes, a good read although slower at the end.

tvaerialmagpiebin · 24/06/2010 19:50

Yes, and yes. About 550 pages. But it is the story of her life from a child to middle-aged, in some detail. I picked it at fairly at random in a closing-down sale but I got more out of it than I thought. It is a good story well-told.

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