Audiobook2 hours
An American Daughter
Written by Wendy Wasserstein
Narrated by Mary McDonnell, Gregory Itzin and Full Cast
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Pulitzer-Prize winner Wendy Wasserstein spins a comic and moving tale about the pitfalls that await political appointees. As a respected health crusader and devoted wife and mother, Dr. Lyssa Hughes seems perfect for the role of U.S. Surgeon General, until a chance remark at a fashionable brunch sets off a media feeding frenzy.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Birney, Anna Gunn, Jamie Hanes, Gregory Itzin, Michael Malone, Kevin McCarthy, Mary McDonnell, Claudette Nevins and Denise Nicholas.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Birney, Anna Gunn, Jamie Hanes, Gregory Itzin, Michael Malone, Kevin McCarthy, Mary McDonnell, Claudette Nevins and Denise Nicholas.
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Reviews for An American Daughter
Rating: 3.782608617391304 out of 5 stars
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23 ratings3 reviews
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A woman is nominated for Attorney General. She is well qualified, but a minor misstep in her past - carelessly discarding a jury notice - threatens to derail the nomination. The press has a heyday, spiked by a "best friend" of the family who seems to exist only to tear other people down. The real disturbance in the country, however, comes from women who feel that she has not been suitably respectful of working mothers, and that she is an elitist who puts herself above making icebox cakes. It had a feeling that is all too real - women lining up to take pot shots at women who are more successful, seeking to build themselves up by tearing down any woman who dares to fly too high. Wasserstein has caught the mood of the country in the 90s, a mood that continues today, so well that is becomes difficult at times to continue reading. Not so much a work about the decline of feminism as it is a work about how everyone continues to bash feminists over the head with their success. I would say it will be limited by being topical, but I fear this topic will be topical for a very long time. After all, this play is nearly 20 years old now, and nothing has changed, unless it is to get worse.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A woman is nominated for Attorney General. She is well qualified, but a minor misstep in her past - carelessly discarding a jury notice - threatens to derail the nomination. The press has a heyday, spiked by a "best friend" of the family who seems to exist only to tear other people down. The real disturbance in the country, however, comes from women who feel that she has not been suitably respectful of working mothers, and that she is an elitist who puts herself above making icebox cakes. It had a feeling that is all too real - women lining up to take pot shots at women who are more successful, seeking to build themselves up by tearing down any woman who dares to fly too high. Wasserstein has caught the mood of the country in the 90s, a mood that continues today, so well that is becomes difficult at times to continue reading. Not so much a work about the decline of feminism as it is a work about how everyone continues to bash feminists over the head with their success. I would say it will be limited by being topical, but I fear this topic will be topical for a very long time. After all, this play is nearly 20 years old now, and nothing has changed, unless it is to get worse.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wendy Wasserstein was an amazing writer!