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THIS is the reality, the actual story, all serious Hillary fans wanted, maybe still want. As Americans watch the news everyday and get that winsome look in their eyes, they still think �� if only Hillary was at the helm.

Read this while you are in isolation and lose yourself for a few hours or days. You will not regret your mindful vacation.

Curtis takes us back to 1971 when Hillary was a top student at Wellesley and gave her renowned commencement speech. Then on to Yale Law, still involved in student activism and women’s rights, she meets fellow student, Bill Clinton, from Arkansas. Both he and Hillary were intelligent, political, and driven, but he had that goofy, southern charm, that both annoyed and attracted her.

Yes, they dated, and he won her over enough for her to move to Arkansas after their graduation. Although Bill proposed several times, Hillary always said no. She had some doubts about Bill, that would not let her marry him with a clear conscious. They broke up and she moved back to Chicago. Hillary built a solid life as a lawyer and professor, eventually leading to local and state politics, and then to the National stage.

Bill calls her now and then to, “keep in touch,�� and asks her to say, “good things,�� about him to the press. She never promises one way or the other, but Bill keeps chattering on till they are saying goodbyes.

Hillary is focused, always has been, on what is ahead, the goal she wants to attain. She will let nothing stand in her way, not even old boyfriends.


It has been said, and I concur, “Curtis weaves a fictional tale with actual historical events.�� (paraphrasing, mine.) Highly recommend.

My last thought, is the timing of this book is unfortunate. 2017 would have been a better year.


Thank you Netgalley, Penguin Random House, and Curtis Sittenfeld

Pub date: May 19, 2020