The Ambassador's Wife is a 2015 novel by American author Jennifer Steil about the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East.[1][2] The story was inspired by the author's personal experiences as the wife of the British Ambassador to Yemen.
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Author | Jennifer Steil |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fiction novel |
Published | July 28, 2015 |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print, e-book, audiobook |
Pages | 400 pp. |
ISBN | 0385539029 |
Preceded by | The Woman Who Fell From The Sky |
The book received the 2013 Best Novel award in the William Faulkner-William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition.[3]
On August 18, 2015, the Mark Gordon Company announced that Anne Hathaway would star in a limited TV series adaptation of the novel.
References
edit- ^ "The Ambassador's Wife". Booklist. August 13, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "The Ambassador's Wife by Jennifer Steil". Publishers Weekly. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "2013 Winners, Runners-Up, and Finalists". The Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society. 2013.
External links
edit- The Ambassador's Wife by Jennifer Steil on Goodreads.com