![]() ![]() ![]() Sittenfeld’s previous books include American Wife, featuring a character based on the former first lady Laura Bush. Why on earth has she put up with him? And what might her own career have been like if she had stayed Hillary Rodham? The American author Curtis Sittenfeld takes on the second of these what-ifs in her new novel, starkly entitled Rodham. Even so, it’s not far short of tragic to watch an intelligent woman sticking with a man who has humiliated her so often. I was relieved when she launched her own political career, becoming in turn a senator, secretary of state and the first female presidential candidate with a real chance of winning. I say this as someone who has never been much of a fan, stretching back to the days when she defended her ghastly husband during the impeachment crisis of 1998. She has long been the target of deep-seated misogyny, exemplified by chants of ‘Lock her up!’ at Trump rallies during the 2016 presidential campaign. ![]()
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