

And when Dale becomes the biggest news story of the campaign, she’s suddenly on the other side of the news media. Melanie questions whether completely devoting her life to her job is really what she wants. Charlotte and her staff must combat dangerous threats from abroad as well as from her very own cabinet, and even her husband. All three women struggle to balance their high-powered careers with their personal lives and relationships, to varying degrees of success. We hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book.Įighteen Acres follows three powerful women in Washington, D.C.: Charlotte Kramer, the first female President of the United States Melanie Kingston, the White House Chief of Staff and Dale Smith, a White House correspondent for one of the top national networks. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. This reading group guide for Eighteen Acres includes an introduction, discussion questions, ideas for enhancing your book club, and a Q&A with author Nicolle Wallace. 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. 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 given her life to serving.Įighteen Acres combines political and family drama into one un-put-downable novel.


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. From the former Communications Director for the White House and current political media strategist comes a suspenseful and smart commercial novel about the first female president and all dramas and deceptions she faces both in politics and in love.Įighteen 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.Ĭharlotte Kramer, the 45th US 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.
