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Laddar... The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynastyav Susan Page
   Ingen/inga Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken.   ) CarolHicksCase | Mar 12, 2023 |   ) earthwind | Sep 13, 2019 | A good combination of the personal, the family's tragedies and triumphs, and the political. Her early years, her first glimpse of the man who would become her husband. A love and marriage that lasted so many years. The author was given access to Barbara's diaries, by Barbara herself. Her stance, many kept private on the issues of the day. Her opinions on those who were in the White House before and after the first Bush presidency. Her opinions surprisingly matched mine, but I will not tell you what they are, you need to read the book yourself. The beginning is emotional as is the end. I was not surprised to find years welling in my mind. A long life, long marriage, a noted political family, the insides and outs, sacrifices made, times of falling apart, times of admirable strength, all wonderfully portrayed. I would have loved to have had a conversation with this remarkable women. Think we would have gotten along fabulously. The narrator was Kate Levy and she did a great job. I rated the book 4, the narration 4 and Barbara Bush herself a 5. (  )2  Beamis12 | Jun 24, 2019 | inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
History.
Politics.
Women's Studies.
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HTML: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[The] rare biography of a public figure that's not only beautifully written, but also shockingly revelatory." â?? The Atlantic
Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country's most popular and powerful figures, yet her full story has never been told. THE MATRIARCH tells the riveting tale of a woman who helped define two American presidencies and an entire political era. Written by USA TODAY's Washington Bureau chief Susan Page, this biography is informed by more than one hundred interviews with Bush friends and family members, hours of conversation with Mrs. Bush herself in the final six months of her life, and access to her diaries that spanned decades. THE MATRIARCH examines not only her public persona but also less well-known aspects of her remarkable life. As a girl in Rye, New York, Barbara Bush weathered criticism of her weight from her mother, barbs that left lifelong scars. As a young wife, she coped with the death of her three-year-old daughter from leukemia, a loss that changed her forever. In middle age, she grappled with depression so serious that she contemplated suicide. And as first the wife and then the mother of American presidents, she made history as the only woman to see â?? and advise â?? both her husband and son in the Oval Office. As with many women of her era, Barbara Bush was routinely underestimated, her contributions often neither recognized nor acknowledged. But she became an astute and trusted political campaign strategist and a beloved First Lady. She invested herself deeply in expanding literacy programs in America, played a critical role in the end of the Cold War, and led the way in demonstrating love and compassion to those with HIV/AIDS. With her cooperation, this book offers Barbara Bush's last words for history â?? on the evolution of her party, on the role of women, on Donald Trump, and on her family's legacy. Barbara Bush's accomplishments, struggles, and contributions are many. Now, Susan Page explores them all in THE MATRIARCH, a groundbreaking book certain to cement Barbara Bush as one of the most unique and influential women in American h Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.928092History and Geography North America United States 1901- Eisenhower Through Clinton Administrations George H.W. Bush BiographyKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (4.17)
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