Eighteen Acres

A Novel

By: Nicolle Wallace

Narrated by: Susan Bennett

Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

From the former communications director for the White House and current political media strategist comes a suspenseful and smart novel about the first female president and all the dramas and deceptions she faces, both in politics and in love.

Eighteen Acres, a description used by political insiders when referring to the White House complex, follows the first female president of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet.

Charlotte Kramer, the 45th U.S. president; Melanie Kingston, the White House chief of staff; and Dale Smith, a White House correspondent for one of the networks are all working tirelessly on Charlotte's campaign for re-election. At the very moment when they should have been securing success, though, Kramer's White House implodes under rumors of her husband's infidelity and grave errors of judgment on the part of her closest national security advisor. In an upheaval that threatens not only the presidency but the safety of the American people, Charlotte must fight to regain her footing and protect the the country she has devoted her life to serving.

Eighteen Acres combines political and family drama into one un-pausable novel. It is a smart, juicy and fast-paced read that we're sure fans of commercial women's fiction will fall in total love with.

©2010 Nicolle Wallace (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers

Nothing good to say about it

I like the idea of a female president and thought I'd enjoy this book. However, the story line was trite and the characters poorly developed. I thought I was reading an abridged edition as the plot seemed to jump. Waste of time.
Chris

Very disappointing!

I listened to this novel all the way through, in the hopes that the characters or the plot might develop into some kind of depth, but alas...no way.

I loved the idea of a storyline of politics with all women, but Wallace's portrayal of the main women characters is so shallow and "romance novel meek" that it was impossible to believe they had gotten themselves to the powerful positions into which she had written them.

Their reactions to the plot events are so unpolitical AND unprofessional that I just had to laugh! I decided to keep reading to the end, just in case the author had some hidden agenda of character development...but, alas, no...shallow in, shallow out.

Do NOT waste your time or money on this one, it is as gutless and disappointing as most of our political system!!

Not worth it

I heard about this book on "The O'Reilly Factor" and have to say the first part I downloaded was ok....the second part did not improve and the ending was so highly improbable and "fairy tale" like it turned me off....listen to something else, not this.

Lame

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I don't want to insult anyone by suggesting that they would enjoy it.

What does Susan Bennett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

If not for the reader, who was very pleasant, I would never have finished this book.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Anger that anyone would publish this silly book, sadness that I paid for it and wasted my time listening to it, disappointment that this wasn't some juicy, guilty pleasure read that I was expecting. This was a sad soap opera with nothing redeeming about it. The only original idea the author (?) had was that the majority of political leaders were women. So what? No one really had any political thoughts (other than some sad Republican cliches) and no one conducted business as women. The author should be ashamed of herself for this drivel.

Any additional comments?

Don't buy this.

Chickification!

I only read this because I heard Rush mention it on his show.
Why, I will never know.
This is the worst, most improbably political book I have ever read, and I read a lot!
This is a feminist wet dream and a nightmare to any one with a shred of sense.
Please do not waste your money or your precious time on this LifeTime/Oprah type book.
There are so many better options on audible.com!

This is the first time I have ever done a review, I felt I had to let others know how bad this book is.