三四年前讀英美報刊都說 Curtis Sittenfeld小說《美國夫人》故事生動，行文流暢，是近年少見的好文章。我找來細讀，六百三十多頁幾個晚上讀完了，文筆果然輕便，想到那裏寫到那裏，像爐邊閑話，娓娓道來，瑣碎親切。美國友人簡妮說，加州一位教文學的老師課堂上講柯蒂斯文字講了一個星期，說這部小說給英文寫作帶來一道清秋景色，學府裏的英美文學教授不妨解開圍巾跟柯蒂斯坐在院子裏晒晒太陽聊聊天。
--董橋：小品自序
--董橋：小品自序
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sittenfeld
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born 1975) is an American writer. She is author of four novels: Prep, the tale of a Massachusetts prep school; The Man of My Dreams, a coming-of-age novel and an examination of romantic love; American Wife, a fictional story loosely based on the life of First Lady Laura Bush, Sisterland, which tells the story of identical twins with psychic powers, and the forthcomingEligible, which is a contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice, as well as a number of short stories.
American Wife[edit]
Sittenfeld's third novel, called American Wife (2008), is the tale of Alice Blackwell, a fictional character who shares many similarities with former First Lady Laura Bush. In the novel, Blackwell is an only child who grows up in a Democratic family. As a high school student, Blackwell kills a friend in an auto accident. She also has an illegal abortion and discovers that her grandmother is a secret lesbian. She meets, falls in love with, and marries the wild son of an elite Republican family. Her husband rises in politics to the office of president, and, although Blackwell staunchly disagrees with her husband's politics, she continues to love him.
In November 2011, it was announced that Red Crown Productions had begun work on a film version, with the adaptation be written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner.[4]