Book Club

Can I just say that this Book Club link-up was the best idea ever! Good job Heather. I love looking at everyone else's posts and getting their recommendations for good books to read. Time to link-up! Visit Heather's blog Blonde...Undercover Blonde to see book recommendations from her and other blogger friends :)

This week I'm sharing a book that I read a while ago, but it's one of my favorites...

Here is a synopsis...

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.

- via Amazon

This book is phenomenal and one of my personal favorites! When this book first came out, it was said that the main character, Alice, is loosely based off of former First Lady Laura Bush. The heroine of this book is such a dynamic character, despite the fact that she is surrounded by people who constantly seek to silence her strong voice. It is a story of the woman behind the man, serving in a position which she was not elected.  

I absolutely love this book and recommend it to everyone! Happy Reading :)