ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CURTIS SITTENFELD is the author of The Man of My Dreams and Prep, which was chosen by The New York Times as one of the Ten Best Books of 2005. Her nonfiction has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, Allure, Glamour, and on public radio’s This American Life. Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages. Visit her website at www.curtissittenfeld.com.
ALSO BY CURTIS SITTENFELD
The Man of My Dreams
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Copyright © 2008 by Curtis Sittenfeld
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SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING AND ALFRED PUBLISHING CO., INC.: Excerpt from “Lonesome Town” by Baker Knight, copyright © 1958 (renewed) by Sony/ATV Songs LLC, EMI Unart Catalog, Inc., and Matragun Music, Inc., EMI. All rights assigned to EMI Catalogue Partnership. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Unart Catalog, Inc., and Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Reprinted by permission of Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203 and Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.
VIKING PENGUIN, A DIVISION OF PENGUIN YOUNG READERS GROUP, A MEMBER OF PENGUIN GROUP (USA) INC.: Excerpt from Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans, copyright © 1939 by Ludwig Bemelmans and copyright renewed 1967 by Madeleine Bemelmans and Barbara Bemelmans Marciano. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a Division of Penguin Young Readers Group, a Member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sittenfeld, Curtis.
American wife: a novel / Curtis Sittenfeld.
p. cm.
1. Presidents’ spouses—United States—Fiction. 2. Women librarians—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3619.I94A8 2008
813’.6—dc22 2008008175
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