Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

Author Curtis Sittenfeld explores ‘what-if’ in ‘Rodham’

Hillary Clinton
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appears on the screen during the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
Carolyn Kaster | AP 2016

Hillary Clinton’s life has included time spent as a presidential candidate, secretary of state, U.S. senator and mother, and as first lady of the United States.

But what if she hadn’t married President Bill Clinton? What might her life and professional career have looked like? That’s the question author Curtis Sittenfeld asks in her newest novel, “Rodham.”

Kerri Miller and Sittenfeld had a lively conversation about the novel, writing in Hillary Clinton’s voice and what she thinks about creativity during a pandemic.

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