Madam President

April 15, 2015
As a former presidential advisor, political analyst, and current cohost of The View, ultimate Washington insider Wallace extends the series that began with Eighteen Acres (2010) and continued with It's Classified (2011). This novel begins on one horrendous day in President Charlotte Kramer's second term. Multiple terror attacks have devastated New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington, D.C. While her staff is trying to assess the situation, they are being shadowed by an embedded team of CBS reporters preparing a Day in the Life segment on how the White House functions. Right now, it's barely functioning. Kramer's most trusted advisors are either tragically caught up in the rescue efforts or actively seeking to sabotage her presidency. Meanwhile, her daughter has taken to Facebook to publicly embarrass Kramer regarding abortion rights, and her husband is still demonstrating feelings for his former mistress and Kramer's press secretary. From its fly-on-the-wall vantage point of the messy machinations of government intrigue, Wallace's high-stakes novel delivers a deft look at the personal and political sacrifices made by women at the pinnacle of their careers.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)