![]() ![]() Sittenfeld proceeded to hone a genre you might call literary-with-a-hook. But it’s the first one to fully rethink history - and Hillary too. ![]() “Rodham” is the second novel about a first lady by “Prep” author Curtis Sittenfeld. ![]() Born and raised in Cincinnati, she climbed all the rungs on the ladder, graduating from Stanford and receiving her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.īooks What if Hillary had dumped Bill? A novelist imagines a different 2016 - and beyond She has a knack for nailing the zeitgeist with a light touch but also a hardcore work ethic, carving out something of a conventional life and career out of making things up. Unlike some of her subjects - prep-school kids, presidents’ wives, fictional celebrities - Sittenfeld doesn’t go in for fancy freebies. ![]() “They were giving away copies of the book along with really nice sheets and chocolates and even a fancy bathrobe,” Sittenfeld tells me over video from her home in Minneapolis. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores.Įarlier this year, Curtis Sittenfeld’s publisher, Random House, held an online giveaway to celebrate the upcoming release of her new novel, “ Romantic Comedy.” ![]()
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