Curtis Sittenfeld

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - A comedy writer thinks she's sworn off love, until a dreamy pop star flips the script on all her assumptions--a "smart, sophisticated, and fun" (Oprah Daily) novel from the author of Eligible, Rodham, and Prep. "Full of dazzling banter and sizzling chemistry."--People "If you ever wanted a backstage pass to Saturday Night Live, this is the book for you."--Zibby Owens, Good Morning America A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, USA Today, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, Harper's Bazaar, Real Simple, She Reads, New York Post Sally Milz is a sketch writer for The Night Owls, a late-night live comedy show that airs every Saturday. With a couple of heartbreaks under her belt, she's long abandoned the search for love, settling instead for the occasional hook-up, career success, and a close relationship with her stepfather to round out a satisfying life. But when Sally's friend and fellow writer Danny Horst begins dating Annabel, a glamorous actress who guest-hosted the show, he joins the not-so-exclusive group of talented but average-looking and even dorky men at the show--and in society at large--who've gotten romantically involved with incredibly beautiful and accomplished women. Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called The Danny Horst Rule, poking fun at this phenomenon while underscoring how unlikely it is that the reverse would ever happen for a woman. Enter Noah Brewster, a pop music sensation with a reputation for dating models, who signed on as both host and musical guest for this week's show. Dazzled by his charms, Sally hits it off with Noah instantly, and as they collaborate on one sketch after another, she begins to wonder if there might actually be sparks flying. But this isn't a romantic comedy--it's real life. And in real life, someone like him would never date someone like her . . . right? With her keen observations and trademark ability to bring complex women to life on the page, Curtis Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age.

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. 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.

Hillary Rodham är 1971 en ung och lovande kvinna: hennes examenstal på Wellesley College har uppmärksammats av tidskriften Life, hon studerar juridik vid Yale Law School och hon är aktiv inom student- och kvinnorörelsen. Då träffar hon Bill Clinton. Bill är en stilig och karismatisk studentkamrat från sydstaterna, redan med siktet inställt på en politisk karriär. I varandra hittar de en djup samhörighet som ingen av dem tidigare upplevt, varken intellektuellt, känslomässigt eller fysiskt. I verkligheten följde Hillary med Bill hem till Arkansas och han friade flera gånger. Trots att han fick nobben mer än en gång svarade hon som alla vet till slut ja och blev Hillary Clinton. I Curtis Sittenfelds härligt fantasifulla roman går Hillary i stället en annan väg. Tvivlen kring det eventuella äktenskapet får henne att trots allt välja den svåra brytningen och lämna Arkansas. Under fyra årtionden stakar hon ut en egen bana, såväl offentligt som privat, en bana som återkommande korsas av Bill Clinton och som väcker frågor om de avvägningar vi alla måste göra när vi skapar oss ett liv. Curtis Sittenfeld väver mästerligt ihop fängslande fiktion med verkliga historiska händelser och skapar en skärpt och träffsäker berättelse för vår tid. Rodham är en unik och oförglömlig roman som utforskar den ensamhet, moraliska kluvenhet och järnhårda beslutsamhet som kännetecknar strävandena efter politisk makt, men också av den glöd och de smärtsamma kompromisser som krävs av en kvinna med ambitioner i en värld som fortfarande till största delen styrs av män.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of American Wife and Eligible . . . He proposed. She said no. And it changed her life forever. "A deviously clever what if."--O: The Oprah Magazine"Immersive, escapist."--Good Morning America"Ingenious."--The New York Times NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker - NPR - The Washington Post - Marie Claire - Cosmopolitan (UK) - Town & Country - New York PostIn 1971, Hillary Rodham is a young woman full of promise: Life magazine has covered her Wellesley commencement speech, she's attending Yale Law School, and she's on the forefront of student activism and the women's rights movement. And then she meets Bill Clinton. A handsome, charismatic southerner and fellow law student, Bill is already planning his political career. In each other, the two find a profound intellectual, emotional, and physical connection that neither has previously experienced. In the real world, Hillary followed Bill back to Arkansas, and he proposed several times; although she said no more than once, as we all know, she eventually accepted and became Hillary Clinton. But in Curtis Sittenfeld's powerfully imagined tour-de-force of fiction, Hillary takes a different road. Feeling doubt about the prospective marriage, she endures their devastating breakup and leaves Arkansas. Over the next four decades, she blazes her own trail--one that unfolds in public as well as in private, that involves crossing paths again (and again) with Bill Clinton, that raises questions about the tradeoffs all of us must make in building a life. Brilliantly weaving a riveting fictional tale into actual historical events, Curtis Sittenfeld delivers an uncannily astute and witty story for our times. In exploring the loneliness, moral ambivalence, and iron determination that characterize the quest for political power, as well as both the exhilaration and painful compromises demanded of female ambition in a world still run mostly by men, Rodham is a singular and unforgettable novel.

'Nobody else writes with such precision and amusement about the absolute inability of men and women to understand each other' RED MAGAZINE'Sittenfeld's talent for creating characters that elicit an uneasy mix of scorn and sympathy is on full display. This author at her very best' DAILY MAIL Sittenfeld's wryly hilarious and insightful new collection, HELP YOURSELF, illuminates human experience and gracefully upends our assumptions about class and race, envy and disappointment, gender and celebrity. Suburban friends fall out after a racist encounter at a birthday party is caught on video and posted on Facebook; an illustrious Manhattan film crew are victims of their own snobbery when they underestimate a pre-school teacher from the Mid-West; and a group of young writers fight about love and narrative style as they compete for a prestigious bursary. Connecting each of these three stories is Sittenfeld's truthful yet merciless eye. Full of tenderness and compassion, this dazzling collection celebrates our humanity in all its pettiness and glory. A STYLIST Best Books for Autumn titleFeatured in the Sunday Times Guide to CulturePraise for CURTIS SITTENFELD:'You won't want these stories to end' REESE WITHERSPOON'Perfect miniatures in deadpan prose' GUARDIAN'Clear-eyed and compulsive' MAIL ON SUNDAY

Hillary Rodham är 1971 en ung och lovande kvinna: hennes examenstal på Wellesley College har uppmärksammats av tidskriften Life, hon studerar juridik vid Yale Law School och hon är aktiv inom student- och kvinnorörelsen. Då träffar hon Bill Clinton. Bill är en stilig och karismatisk studentkamrat från sydstaterna, redan med siktet inställt på en politisk karriär. I varandra hittar de en djup samhörighet som ingen av dem tidigare upplevt, varken intellektuellt, känslomässigt eller fysiskt. I verkligheten följde Hillary med Bill hem till Arkansas och han friade flera gånger. Trots att han fick nobben mer än en gång svarade hon som alla vet till slut ja och blev Hillary Clinton. I Curtis Sittenfelds härligt fantasifulla roman går Hillary i stället en annan väg. Tvivlen kring det eventuella äktenskapet får henne att trots allt välja den svåra brytningen och lämna Arkansas. Under fyra årtionden stakar hon ut en egen bana, såväl offentligt som privat, en bana som återkommande korsas av Bill Clinton och som väcker frågor om de avvägningar vi alla måste göra när vi skapar oss ett liv. Curtis Sittenfeld väver mästerligt ihop fängslande fiktion med verkliga historiska händelser och skapar en skärpt och träffsäker berättelse för vår tid. Rodham är en unik och oförglömlig roman som utforskar den ensamhet, moraliska kluvenhet och järnhårda beslutsamhet som kännetecknar strävandena efter politisk makt, men också av den glöd och de smärtsamma kompromisser som krävs av en kvinna med ambitioner i en värld som fortfarande till största delen styrs av män.

En tvåbarnsmamma i villaförorten fantiserar om att förgöra en gammal vän vars präktiga livsstilsimperium kanske eller kanske inte är byggt på en lögn. En framstående advokat vet inte hur hon ska reagera när hon och hennes man på sin smekmånad stöter på hennes gamla plågoande från skoltiden. En bortkommen Ivy League-student får veta sanningen om en kursares till synes avundsvärda liv. Curtis Sittenfeld har gjort sig känd som en vass samtidsskildrare som förmänskligar dem hon skriver om samtidigt som hon gör ner dem. I hennes första novellsamling får vi en aldrig tidigare skådad uppvisning av hennes ”fenomenala förmåga att skapa karaktärer som bosätter sig i huvudet på läsaren” (Washington Post). I samtliga tio noveller i Jag säger det ni tänker vänder Sittenfeld upp och ner på förutfattade meningar om klass, förhållanden och könsroller i ett land som tycks både på glid och ohjälpligt splittrat. Med gripande inlevelse och kuslig träffsäkerhet sätter Curtis Sittenfeld fingret på de tvivelaktiga beslut, missade förbindelser och stundtals häpnadsväckande sammanträffanden som utgör ett liv. Hon skriver verkligen det vi alla tänker – om vi nu kunde formulera oss lika slagfärdigt som en virtuos satiriker, lika fängslande som svunna tiders historieberättare och lika klarsynt som ett amerikanskt original.

A dazzling, smart and razor-sharp story collection by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rodham and American Wife. The theme that unites these stories is how even the cleverest people tend to misread others, and how much we all deceive ourselves.

"Every bit as smart, sensitive, funny, and genuine as her phenomenally popular novels,"* a dazzling collection from the New York Times bestselling author of Prep, American Wife, and Eligible "I really loved all the characters in this book. They're so complex and interesting, and in every story, you'll find them going through these pivotal moments in their lives."--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club Pick) NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY PEOPLE AND USA TODAY AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - NPR - Financial Times - San Francisco Chronicle - New York Public Library - Refinery29 A suburban mother of two fantasizes about the downfall of an old friend whose wholesome lifestyle empire may or may not be built on a lie. A high-powered lawyer honeymooning with her husband is caught off guard by the appearance of the girl who tormented her in high school. A shy Ivy League student learns the truth about a classmate's seemingly enviable life. Curtis Sittenfeld has established a reputation as a sharp chronicler of the modern age who humanizes her subjects even as she skewers them. Now, with this first collection of short fiction, her "astonishing gift for creating characters that take up residence in readers' heads" (The Washington Post) is showcased like never before. Throughout the ten stories in You Think It, I'll Say It, Sittenfeld upends assumptions about class, relationships, and gender roles in a nation that feels both adrift and viscerally divided. With moving insight and uncanny precision, Curtis Sittenfeld pinpoints the questionable decisions, missed connections, and sometimes extraordinary coincidences that make up a life. Indeed, she writes what we're all thinking--if only we could express it with the wit of a master satirist, the storytelling gifts of an old-fashioned raconteur, and the vision of an American original. *Booklist (starred review) LONGLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION "At once psychologically acute, deftly crafted and deeply pleasurable."--San Francisco Chronicle "Witty and buoyant . . . Each deceptively simple and breezy story is masterfully paced and crafted."--Chicago Tribune "Perfectly paced, witty and laced with unexpected twists: Every story here sticks its landing. Whatever Sittenfeld] writes, we'll read it."--People "Razor-sharp, often hilarious . . . Curtis Sittenfeld] is a sharp observer of human nature and human relationships. . . . A witty, breezy, zeitgeist-y collection."--USA Today

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK) This version of the Bennet family--and Mr. Darcy--is one that you have and haven't met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help--and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won't discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches. Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. . . . And yet, first impressions can be deceiving. Praise for Eligible"Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced."--O: The Oprah Magazine "Blissful . . . Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you'd guess even Jane Austen would be pleased."--People (book of the week) " A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling."--Entertainment Weekly " Sittenfeld] is the ideal modern-day reinterpreter. Her special skill lies not just in her clear, clean writing, but in her general amusement about the world, her arch, pithy, dropped-mike observations about behavior, character and motivation. She can spot hypocrisy, cant, self-contradiction and absurdity ten miles away. She's the one you want to leave the party with, so she can explain what really happened. . . . Not since Clueless, which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has Austen been so delightedly interpreted. . . . Sittenfeld writes so well--her sentences are so good and her story so satisfying. . . . As a reader, let me just say: Three cheers for Curtis Sittenfeld and her astute, sharp and ebullient anthropological interest in the human condition."--Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review "A clever, uproarious evolution of Austen's story."--The Denver Post "If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it. . . . Sittenfeld makes an already irresistible story even more beguiling and charming."--Elle "A playful, wickedly smart retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice."--BuzzFeed "Sittenfeld is an obvious choice to re-create Jane Austen's comedy of manners. She] is a master at dissecting social norms to reveal the truths of human nature underneath."--The Millions"A hugely entertaining and surprisingly unpredictable book, bursting with wit and charm."--The Irish Times "An unputdownable retelling of the beloved classic."--PopSugar

Lee Fiora är en intelligent och observant fjortonåring när hennes pappa släpper av henne utanför sovsalen till den prestigefyllda internatskolan i Massachusetts. Hon har lämnat sin livliga lyckliga familj efter att ha sökt ett stipendium till Ault som hon, åtminstone delvis, valt på grund av den glassiga broschyr hon beundrat. Men Lee upptäcker snart att skolan är en sluten värld av blaserade, attraktiva ungdomar som tillbringar sina lov på exklusiva semesterorter och som bara kommunicerar med sina likar. Pengar är något alla andra har, men ingen talar om. I deras sällskap blir Lee någon hon inte vill vara, någon hon inte ens känner igen. Hennes försök att närma sig andra slutar oftast i att hon sluter sig än mer. Hur ska man veta vem man är, när ingenting omkring påminner en? Curtis Sittenfelds debutbok är en insiktsfull, hjärtslitande och rolig uppväxthistoria, likaväl som ett skickligt utforskande av klass ochkön i ett drivhus av tonårsångest, sex och ambition. I en klass för sig fick ett jublande mottagande när den först gavs ut 2005, och ses idag som en modern klassiker.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY Slate - Daily Candy - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Guardian (U. K.) "Novelists get called master storytellers all the time, but Sittenfeld really is one. . . . What might be most strikingly excellent about Sisterland is the way Sittenfeld depicts domesticity and motherhood."--Maggie Shipstead, The Washington Post "Psychologically vivid . . . Sisterland is a testament to Curtis Sittenfeld's] growing depth and assurance as a writer."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times " Sittenfeld's] gifts are in full effect with this novel, and she uses them to create a genuinely engrossing sense of uncertainty and suspense."--Sloane Crosley, NPR's All Things ConsideredCurtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife and Prep, returns with a mesmerizing novel of family and identity, loyalty and deception, and the delicate line between truth and belief. From an early age, Kate and her identical twin sister, Violet, knew that they were unlike everyone else. Kate and Vi were born with peculiar "senses"--innate psychic abilities concerning future events and other people's secrets. Though Vi embraced her visions, Kate did her best to hide them. Now, years later, their different paths have led them both back to their hometown of St. Louis. Vi has pursued an eccentric career as a psychic medium, while Kate, a devoted wife and mother, has settled down in the suburbs to raise her two young children. But when a minor earthquake hits in the middle of the night, the normal life Kate has always wished for begins to shift. After Vi goes on television to share a premonition that another, more devastating earthquake will soon hit the St. Louis area, Kate is mortified. Equally troubling, however, is her fear that Vi may be right. As the date of the predicted earthquake quickly approaches, Kate is forced to reconcile her fraught relationship with her sister and to face truths about herself she's long tried to deny. Funny, haunting, and thought-provoking, Sisterland is a beautifully written novel of the obligation we have toward others, and the responsibility we take for ourselves. With her deep empathy, keen wisdom, and unerring talent for finding the extraordinary moments in our everyday lives, Curtis Sittenfeld is one of the most exceptional voices in literary fiction today. Praise for Sisterland "What's most captivating about Sisterland is the intimate, intense portrayal of identical twin sisters. . . . The novel] unfolds like a good prophecy--inevitable and shocking."--San Francisco Chronicle "The accomplished Sittenfeld . . . is as skillful as ever at developing an intriguing premise and likable characters. . . . Sittenfeld's affectionate take on sibling rivalry is spot-on."--People "The power of Sittenfeld's] writing and the force of her vision challenge the notion that great fiction must be hard to read. She is a master of dramatic irony, creating fully realized social worlds before laying waste to her heroines' understanding of them. . . . Her prose is] a rich delight."--The Boston Globe "Wise and often wickedly entertaining . . . Readers who have siblings--especially women with sisters--will likely come away feeling as if the author really is psychic."--USA Today

BY THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF RODHAM and AMERICAN WIFE'A work of psychological genius' OBSERVER_______________________________-Identical twins, Kate and Violet are about as unlike as two peas from the same pod can be.

And if you move to another state for a guy who might not love you back, are you being plucky - or just pathetic?_______Readers love THE MAN OF MY DREAMS:*****'I love everything Curtis Sittenfeld writes and this was no exception.

Lee Fiora is a shy fourteen-year-old when she leaves small-town Indiana for a scholarship at Ault, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. Her head is filled with images from the school brochure of handsome boys in sweaters leaning against old brick buildings, and girls running with lacrosse sticks across pristine athletics fields.

On perhaps the most important day of her husband's presidency, Alice looks back on the strange and unlikely path that led her to the White House, and to a decision - both treacherous and long overdue - that could jeopardise everything.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A gorgeously written novel that weaves class, wealth, race, and fate into a brilliant portrait of a first lady--from the author of Rodham and Eligible "Terrific . . . an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty."--Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time - People - Entertainment Weekly A kind, bookish only child born in the 1940s, Alice Lindgren has no idea that she will one day end up in the White House, married to the president. In her small Wisconsin hometown she learns the virtues of politeness, but a tragic accident when she is seventeen shatters her identity and changes the trajectory of her life. More than a decade later, when the charismatic son of a powerful Republican family sweeps her off her feet, she is surprised to find herself admitted into a world of privilege. And when her husband unexpectedly becomes governor and then president, she discovers that she is married to a man she both loves and fundamentally disagrees with--and that her private beliefs increasingly run against her public persona. As her husband's presidency enters its second term, Alice must confront contradictions years in the making and face questions nearly impossible to answer. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review - Chicago Tribune - NPR - Rocky Mountain News - St. Louis Post-Dispatch - The Washington Post Book World

Hannah Gavener's fantasies about family, romance, and love collide headlong with the challenges, complexities, and realities of adult life and relationships, in an insightful coming-of-age novel by the author of Prep. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.

Komplekt iz dvukh TikTok-khitov. V komplekt vkhodjat romany Kertis Sittenfild "Romanticheskaja komedija" i Liz Tomford "Milja nad zemlej". Eti istorii ljubvi pokorili milliony zhenskikh serdets po vsemu miru. Romanticheskaja komedijaSalli Milz - stsenaristka komedijnogo tv-shou "Nochnye sovushki". Ej ne raz razbivali serdtse, poetomu ona dovolstvuetsja lish rabotoj i sluchajnymi vstrechami. No v odin den vse menjaetsja. Na shou prikhodit Noa Brjuster, vsemirno izvestnyj muzykant, Salli skepticheski otnositsja k ego obrazu i repertuaru, no vskore obnaruzhivaet: Noa ne tak uzh i plokh. Salli ponimaet, chto vljubljaetsja v nego, no boitsja, chto takoj muzhchina ne mozhet po-nastojaschemu poljubit zhenschinu vrode nee. O, eto glupoe zabluzhdenie: znamenitye muzhchiny v prostushek ne vljubljajutsja. Salli pishet sketch, v kotorom vysmeivaet eto javlenie. I vot tut nachinaetsja samoe interesnoe... Milja nad zemlejZanders - samyj skandalnyj i populjarnyj khokkeist Chikago. On vvjazyvaetsja v draki na ldu, a zatem pokidaet kazhdyj match s ocherednoj devushkoj. Na chastnom dzhete ego khokkejnoj komandy pojavljaetsja novaja stjuardessa Stivi. I ona bezumno razdrazhaet Zandersa. Paren reshaet sdelat vse, chtoby Stivi uvolilas, kak mozhno skoree. Eta nenavist vzaimna. Stivi razdrazhaet v samodovolnom sportsmene absoljutno vse. No chem silnee letjat iskry gneva, tem bolshe ikh tjanet drug k drugu. I vot uzhe oni oba nachinajut zhdat moment, kogda Zanders snova nazhmet na knopku vyzova stjuardessy...

During the late 1980s, fourteen-year-old Lee Fiora leaves behind her close-knit, middle-class Indiana family to enroll in an elite co-ed boarding school in Massachusetts, becoming a shrewd observer of, and eventually a participant in, their rituals and mores. A first novel. Reader's Guide included. Reprint.