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BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ROMANTIC COMEDY, AMERICAN WIFE and PREP

'This addictive novel is the SLIDING DOORS of American politics. Gripping' Stylist

'Startlingly good. One of my favourite writers' KATE ATKINSON
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'Awfully opinionated for a girl' is what they call Hillary as she grows up in…

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1 author picked Rodham as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

What if Hillary Rodham had not married Bill Clinton? In Sittenfeld’s reimagining of American history, Bill never becomes president, but Hillary does.

I am including this work of fiction both because the novel is a page-turner and because there is no nonfiction book featuring a female president of the United States. More than a century after the Nineteenth Amendment, our line of male presidents remains unbroken.

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Think how tough it is to reach adulthood in today's complicated world. Now imagine doing so in front of a global audience. That's what growing up in show business is like. Every youthful mistake laid bare for all to see. Malefactors looking to ensnare the naive at any turn. Each…

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