

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. NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time Ī 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. an intelligent, bighearted novel about a controversial political dynasty.”- Entertainment Weekly 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.
