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A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt
by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Book Reviewed by:"Presidential darling, America's sweetheart, national rebel: Teddy Roosevelt's swashbuckling daughter Alice springs to life in this raucous anthem to a remarkable woman."' - Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network
A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton...
Alice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling. As bold as her signature color Alice Blue, the gum-chewing, cigarette-smoking, poker-playing First Daughter discovers that the only way for a woman to stand out in Washington is to make waves--oceans of them. With the canny sophistication of the savviest politician on the Hill, Alice uses her celebrity to her advantage, testing the limits of her power and the seductive thrill of political entanglements.
But Washington, DC is rife with heartaches and betrayals, and when Alice falls hard for a smooth-talking congressman it will take everything this rebel has to emerge triumphant and claim her place as an American icon. As Alice soldiers through the devastation of two world wars and brazens out a cutting feud with her famous Roosevelt cousins, it's no wonder everyone in the capital refers to her as the Other Washington Monument--and Alice intends to outlast them all.
Prior to reading The American Princess, I had just a little knowledge about Alice Roosevelt. After reading this fascinating book, I felt that I had to learn more about her (Ariel F). What's remarkable here is how Thornton so thoroughly adopts Alice's inimitable voice so that we can't help but be swept up in the tide of history that is most singularly Alice's (Rory A)...continued
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Alice Roosevelt (1884-1980), daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt and the central figure of Stephanie Marie Thornton's American Princess is not widely remembered in the public consciousness today, but during her lifetime she was an ever-present fixture in the press. This was particularly the case during her father's presidential term, when a teenage Alice shocked the nation by partying, associating with men and smoking cigarettes. Alice influenced fashion trends when she wore a pale blue dress to her debutante party, a color that received a surge in popularity afterwards, and subsequently became known as "Alice blue."
Though Alice's behavior may have mellowed in her later years, she continued to make waves with her razor-sharp wit. ...
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