![]() ![]() It is doubtful that she was the reader Laura Bush had in mind when she wrote her autobiography. She says things like, "I'm SO trying to give up meat" and, when asked at her local shop if she needs a plastic bag, she replies, guiltily, "Oh, yeah, I guess so – sorry." And most of all, Sittenfeld, in the 24 hours that we spend together, describes George Bush as a "terrible president" three times. She's a 35-year-old Democrat and a loyal Obama supporter. ![]() On the surface, Sittenfeld seems an unlikely fan. It wasn't obscene, this book, but it wasn't really one that the bookshop wanted in its window: it was, of course, Spoken from the Heart, the autobiography of Laura Bush. Like her friends, the bookshop wasn't quite as enthusiastic as she was about this book and, in fact, had only, and with some reluctance, ordered it for her. It was the day a certain book was published and, always a keen reader anyway, she was especially eager to curl up with this one. L ast spring, much to her friends' bafflement at best, horror at worst, the writer Curtis Sittenfeld hurried down to her local bookshop. ![]()
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