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A review by komet2020
Rodham by Curtis Sittenfeld
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
A few days ago (December 7, 2022) I walked from work to the downtown library just to kill some time. It was after 4 PM and clearly getting dark. I walked into one of the main areas on the first floor and was idly looking at some of the books therein when I saw a large print edition of the Curtis Sittenfeld novel RODHAM which is focused on the life of Hillary Rodham (Clinton) from the time of her graduation from Wellesley in 1969 (she was first in her class and spoke at the graduation ceremony) through her time at Yale Law School where she made the acquaintance of a classmate named Bill Clinton, with whom she had a very close romantic relationship. It was a relationship that did not last.
As elaborately spelled out in RODHAM, the paths taken by Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham after 1975 sharply diverge --and over the next 4 decades converge in interesting ways. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel which was very cleverly written, being largely told in Hillary's voice.
RODHAM never flagged. I read it greedily over a 4-day period, reading on average 100 to 120 pages daily. I rarely indulge in reading alternative historical novels, but this one was a delight to read. Highly recommended.
As elaborately spelled out in RODHAM, the paths taken by Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham after 1975 sharply diverge --and over the next 4 decades converge in interesting ways. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel which was very cleverly written, being largely told in Hillary's voice.
RODHAM never flagged. I read it greedily over a 4-day period, reading on average 100 to 120 pages daily. I rarely indulge in reading alternative historical novels, but this one was a delight to read. Highly recommended.