Curtis Sittenfeld Knihy

Pikantný a šokujúci príbeh bývalej prvej dámy USA Laury Bushovej. Kniha o žene, ktorá vymenila svoj život za rolu dokonalej prvej dámy. Alice Lindgrenová je slušné dievča z malomestského prostredia. Ani sa jej nesnívalo, že jedného dňa bude žiť v Bielom dome. Život jej navždy zmenila tragická nehoda, ktorú spôsobila ako sedemnásťročná. S výčitkami svedomia sa vyrovnáva ponižujúcim sexom, až nakoniec musí podstúpiť potrat. Po vyše desiatich rokoch stretáva charizmatického muža, do ktorého sa bezhlavo zamiluje a čoskoro sa zaňho vydá. Keď sa jej manžel nečakane stane guvernérom, neskôr prezidentom USA, Alice si uvedomí, že ho ako politika nenávidí, no svoje vnútorné rozpory musí starostlivo skrývať, pretože jej povinnosťou je preukazovať prezidentovi lojalitu vzornej prvej dámy. Keď jej muž vstupuje do druhého volebného obdobia, Alice sa neustále pýta samej seba: "Kde som urobila chybu?".

Upřímný a sympatický příběh o představách mladé ženy o rodině a lásce, střetávající se s nástrahami a realitou života. Hannah Gavenerové bylo v létě roku 1991 čtrnáct let. V časopisech, které čítala, ji zajímaly především historky o tom, jak slavné osobnosti plánují honosné svatby. A přitom se manželství jejích rodičů rozpadá. A někde mezi těmito dvěma extrémy by se měly nacházet odpovědi na znepokojující otázky o lásce. V následujících patnácti letech Hannah zjišťuje, jaké tyto otázky jsou a jak složité je hledání odpovědí. Žádný ze vztahů v životě Hannah není bez komplikací. Je tu její otec, jehož tvrdohlavost ke své smůle zdědila. Její oslnivý bratranec Fig, jehož neslušné chování ji střídavě přitahuje a odpuzuje. Henry, do něhož se na škole poprvé zamiluje. Jsou tu další přátelé, kteří ji více nebo méně milují a lámou jí srdce. A v době, kdy jí táhne na třicítku, konečně zjistí, co si přeje nejvíc, ale ještě neví, zda bude mít odvahu za svým přáním jít..

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'This is Pride and Prejudice 2.0 and I must confess, I liked it more than the original' STYLIST 'Bold and brilliant' GLAMOUR 'Sheer joy... Giddy and glam and a hearty update of Pride and Prejudice' JESSIE BURTON, author of The Miniaturist Liz and Jane Bennet return to suburban Cincinnati to persuade their mother to stop overfeeding their father post-surgery, tidy their crumbling family home, and help their three sisters break free from their stagnation. Under one roof, old dynamics resurface, and the pressure of their single status becomes unbearable for these successful women in their late thirties. However, a BBQ at the Lucas family's home introduces them to some eligible men, sparking new possibilities. This dazzling, heartwarming narrative catapults the beloved classic into the modern world, filled with humor and authenticity. Praise for this modern retelling includes accolades from Elle, Judy Blume, Red, Woman and Home, Nigella Lawson, and the New York Times, highlighting the charm, wit, and romance reminiscent of the original while delivering a fresh, delightful experience.

In the late 1980s, for reasons even she has difficulty pinpointing, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves her middle-class, close-knit, ribald family in Indiana and enrolls at Ault, an elite co-ed boarding school in Massachusetts. Both intimidated and fascinated by her classmates, Lee becomes a shrewd observer of, and ultimately a participant in, their rituals and mores, although, as a scholarship student, she constantly feels like an outsider. By the time she's a senior, Lee has found her place at Ault. But when her behavior takes a self-destructive and highly public turn, her hard-won identity within the community is shattered. Lee's experiences, complicated relationships with teachers, intense and sometimes rancorous friendships with other girls, an all-consuming preoccupation with a classmate who is less than a boyfriend and more than a crush, are both a psychologically astute portrait of one girl's coming-of-age and an embodiment of the painful and thrilling adolescence universal to us all.

For identical twins, Kate and Violet are about as unlike as two peas from the same pod can be. Except in one respect - they share a hidden gift they call 'the Senses', a special kind of intuition that can allow them to see things that are yet to come. After Kate inadvertently reveals their secret when they are thirteen years old, they are set on diverging paths into their adult lives. Twenty years later Kate is a suburban housewife who suppresses her premonitions in the hope of leading a normal family life, while Violet lives alone and works as a psychic medium. Then one day Violet ignites a media storm by predicting a major earthquake in the St Louis area where they live. As the day Violet has announced for the earthquake draws nearer, the sisters must grapple with the legacy of the past, the confusion of the present, and the unsettling glimpses they both have of the future.

Exuberant and affirming, it's funny and immensely clever, emotionally rare and strong. I feel bereft now I've finished' Tessa Hadley Casey has ended up back in Massachusetts after a devastating love affair. Her mother has just died and she is knocked sideways by grief and loneliness, moving between the restaurant where she waitresses for the Harvard elite and the rented shed she calls home. Her one constant is the novel she has been writing for six years, but at thirty-one she is in debt and directionless, and feels too old to be that way - it's strange, not be the youngest kind of adult anymore. And then, one evening, she meets Silas. He is kind, handsome, interested. But only a few weeks later, Oscar walks into her restaurant, his two boys in tow. He is older, grieving the loss of his wife, and wrapped up in his own creativity. Suddenly Casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, stuck between two very different relationships that promise two very different futures. Lily King's Writers & Lovers follows Casey in the last days of a long youth, a time when everything - her family, her work, her relationships - comes to a crisis. Hugely moving and impossibly funny, it is a transfixing novel that explores the terrifying and exhilarating leap between the end of one phase of life and the beginning of another. It is a novel about love and creativity, and ultimately it captures the moment when a woman becomes an artist.

This collection blends humor and intelligence to delve into themes of marriage, friendship, fame, and artistic ambition. It features a standout story that revisits a beloved character from Curtis Sittenfeld's acclaimed novel Prep. The work showcases the author's signature wit and emotional depth, providing readers with a thought-provoking and entertaining experience.

WHAT IF HILLARY RODHAM HAD TURNED DOWN BILL CLINTON'S PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE? 'Awfully opinionated for a girl' is what they call Hillary as she grows up in her Chicago suburb. Smart, diligent, and a bit plain, that's the general consensus. Then Hillary goes to college, and her star rises. At Yale Law School, she continues to be a leader- and catches the eye of driven, handsome and charismatic Bill. But when he asks her to marry him, Hillary gives him a firm No. The rest, as they say, isn't history. How might things have turned out for them, for America, for the world itself, if Hillary Rodham had really turned down Bill Clinton? With her sharp but always compassionate eye, Sittenfeld explores the loneliness, moral ambivalence and iron determination that characterise the quest for high office, as well as the painful compromises demanded of female ambition in a world ruled by men. Uncannily astute and witty in the telling, RODHAM is a brilliant reimagining - an unmissable literary landmark and truly a novel of our times.

This collection of stories illuminates human experience and gracefully upends our assumptions about class and race, envy and disappointment, gender and celebrity

New York Times best-selling author Curtis Sittenfeld selects the twenty best short stories of the year.

Each of these stories could be expanded into a blockbusting novel. There is no writer alive who inhabits her characters so knowingly, or is able to send up contemporary attitudes and mores as expertly...clever, funny, revealing and a joy to read. Evening Standard

A TV script writer thinks she's over romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions: a humorous, subversive and tender-hearted novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham, American Wife and Prep.Life is (not)* a Romantic Comedy...With a series of heartbreaks under her belt, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV comedy show - has long abandoned the search for love.But when her friend and fellow writer begins to date a glamorous actress, he joins the growing club of interesting but average-looking men who get romantically involved with accomplished, beautiful women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch, poking fun at this 'social rule'. The reverse never happens for a woman.Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn't a romantic comedy - it's real life. Would someone like him ever date someone like her?Skewering all our certainties about why we fall in love, Romantic Comedy is a witty and probing tale of how the heart will follow itself, no matter what anyone says. It is Curtis Sittenfeld at her most sharp, daring and compassionate best.

Hannah Gavener is fourteen in the summer of 1991, caught between the glamorous weddings of celebrities in magazines and the reality of her parents’ crumbling marriage. As she navigates her teenage years and moves from Philadelphia to Boston to Albuquerque, Hannah grapples with increasingly complex questions about love and relationships. At what point do childhood issues stop being an excuse for adult failures? Is settling for someone who isn’t your soul mate a sign of maturity or defeat? When moving for a guy who may not love you back, are you being brave or foolish? Each relationship in her life presents its own challenges: her stubborn father, her captivating yet troublesome cousin Fig, and Henry, the college crush who dates Fig while Hannah develops feelings for him. Throughout her twenties, Hannah encounters boyfriends who either love her or break her heart, leading her to a clearer understanding of what she truly desires. By the end of this journey, she knows what she wants but still questions her courage to pursue it. With honesty and humor, this narrative offers a poignant exploration of the external influences and personal choices that shape our identities.