Campaign Widows

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Pub Date 22 May 2018 | Archive Date 25 Mar 2019

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Description

It’s an election season gone wild in this “irresistible” (Cosmopolitan) and “whip-smart” (Us Weekly) novel about a delicious cast of characters who forge an unlikely friendship while their significant others are out on the campaign trail.

Cady Davenport is living the American dream…


At least she’s supposed to be. She’s in a new city, with a new job and even a new fiancé. But when her husband-to-be hits the road for the upcoming presidential election, Cady realizes she’s on her own—and that her dream life might not be all she’d imagined.

Until she finds herself thrust straight into the heart of the most influential inner circle in Washington, DC: the campaign widows. As friends, they’re an unlikely group—a fabulous Georgetown doyenne; a speechwriter turned mommy blogger; an artsy website editor; and a First Lady Hopeful who’s not convinced she wants the job. But they share one undeniable bond: their spouses are all out on the trail during a hotly contested election season.

Cady is unsure of her place in their illustrious group, but with the pressures of the unprecedented election mounting, the widows’ worlds keep turning—faster than ever—as they hold down the fort while running companies, raising babies, racking up page views and even reinventing themselves. And their friendship might be just what Cady needs to find the strength to pursue her own happiness.
It’s an election season gone wild in this “irresistible” (Cosmopolitan) and “whip-smart” (Us Weekly) novel about a delicious cast of characters who forge an unlikely friendship while their...

Advance Praise

Booklist STARRED review:  “Agresti’s first novel for adults hits the right balance of Washington insiderness and women’s fiction… There are no direct, real-life matches for Agresti’s well-developed characters, which makes for a breezy read. Combining domestic and romantic foibles with an enticing cast (they may be “widowed,” but they are not staying home waiting for their men), Agresti’s smart beach read will ease readers into the 2018 election season.”

“With her fiancé on the campaign trail, Cady is deserted in D.C. Until she finds comfort (sort of) in a group of influencers whose plus-ones are also MIA, thanks to the election. Aimee Agresti’s whip-smart novel is a political page-turner." –US Weekly on Campaign Widows


Booklist STARRED review: “Agresti’s first novel for adults hits the right balance of Washington insiderness and women’s fiction… There are no direct, real-life matches for Agresti’s well-developed...


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ISBN 9781525804267
PRICE $15.99 (USD)
PAGES 384

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I really enjoyed this book, and think the comparison to a cross between Sex and the City and West Wing is accurate. I like that the "campaign widows" become friends, and I enjoyed the variety of careers and roles in the campaign cycle each character had. I also have a deep love for Washington D.C., so I loved the setting of the book and could easily picture the scenes being described.

I first heard this book recommended by Annie B. Jones on either her Instagram stories or the podcast for her bookstore and knew right away that I needed to read this. I was not disappointed!

This fictionalized version of the 2016 election cycle felt endearing and humorous and tame compared to the way that election actually played out. Even the outrageous characterizations and claims made by candidates felt small by comparison! There were however some similarities that made it feel a little too close to how things actually played out.

I loved that some of the characters felt based on real people, and others just felt like friends I've known or acquaintances I have that live and work in the beltway. Cady is endearing and I want to be her friend. Birdie is a force to reckoned with. Reagan felt like so many of my friends and I loved her sharp sense of humor; add to that her role of speechwriter and she had the job I thought I wanted in college! Jay was willing to fight for what he believed in at work and Madison came across as a sincere and true friend, someone who unconventional, would make an amazing first lady, even if she didn't want the job. These characters were one of my favorite ensembles I've read about recently, and I genuinely enjoyed all of them!

If you enjoy books about friendship, complicated relationships, and that read like a great scripted show on HBO or the CW, then this is the book for you. Yes, politics is it's own character, but while it is the backdrop for this book, it isn't divisive or distracting.

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This was a really good story about how 3 people whose spouses or significant others get caught up in a Presidential campaign and how they cope with the absence of those people in their lives.

The friendships that developed in this book were great and I loved the different points of view and was imagining while reading just how I'd cope or not cope, as the case may be.

This is my first book by this author, but I'll definitely be looking for more by her. She told the "inside story" of how these people got pulled into the campaign and how the people at home also got pulled in and how they all coped. She did a great job not making it about politics, but keeping it about personalities, which I appreciated.

Check out this book. You won't be sorry! Thanks to the author, the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC.

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