"Why is it so difficult to please you? Every time I do something I think you'll approve of, it only serves to aggravate you further!" But just when she thinks things cannot get any crazier, a certain Nick Longworth saunters into her life. Alice Roosevelt was never the type of woman to sit at home and play the docile daughter - which caused no end to the tensions at home. With the way things were looking, my funeral was going to be livelier. A girl was given only two opportunities in life to really shine: her debut and her wedding. The tabloids were obsessed - from what she wore (her signature Alice blue) to what she did (scandalously modern shenanigans) - everywhere she went, the press followed.īut it was not all glitz and glam for the daughter of the president. She is thrust into the spotlight like no other girl of her time. "Father's going to be president," I said slowly, staring out the window as my mind raced ahead to what this meant for us. "In fact, I think I might be falling in love with you."Alice Roosevelt, eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt is about to experience the surprise of a lifetime.
"You are a rare woman, Alice Roosevelt." Nick leaned forward as if to tell me a secret. 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. 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.īut 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 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. A sweeping novel from renowned author Stephanie Marie Thornton.Īlice may be the president's daughter, but she's nobody's darling.
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