Rodham

What if Hillary hadn't married Bill? Rodham is the latest addictive Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from the acclaimed author of American Wife, perfect for summer reading.

'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.

“Deviously clever... Sittenfeld’s Hillary is both a player in the Game of Thrones and a romance novel heroine. She’s a brilliant badass who has found her voice and knows how to use it. She’s whoever she wants to be.”  -  O: The Oprah Magazine  

How might things have turned out for them, for America, and for the world itself, if Hillary Rodham had really turned down Bill Clinton?

"While telling a compelling story, Rodham provides an insightful analysis of the function of sexism in our political discourse. Sittenfeld is at her wittiest when recreating the men who dominate American politics."  -  The Washington Post

With her sharp but always compassionate eye, Curtis 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.