A new book by Curtis Sittenfeld titled, "American Wife" is loosely inspired by the life of Laura Bush. The story is told in first person about as an up-close portrait of the interior life of a very complicated woman, but most is fiction. The story focuses on Alice Blackwell, the wife of Charlie Blackwell, a wealthy man who becomes president. So how does Alice's life mirror that of Laura's? A car accident in which a youthful Alice kills a teenage boy, her career as a librarian, her husband's rise from co-owner of a baseball team to governor and then president. And just as we help couples of different political views get together in our latest story "Philadelphia, Politics and Common Ground," Alice is a Democrat when she meets Charlie who is a Republican. Click here to read the full review.

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