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Spoken from the Heart - 1439155208, hardcover, Laura Bush, autobiography tote 3
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “hardback in tote 3”
- Artist
- Bush, Laura
- Type
- autobiography
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- na
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- hardback
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Unknown
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- Edition
- hardback
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9781439155202
- Book Title
- Spoken from the Heart
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Political Science
- Topic
- Women, Personal Memoirs, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, American Government / General, Educators
- Item Width
- 6.2in
- Item Weight
- 30.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 464 Pages
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Product Information
In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story. Born in the boom-and-bust oil town of Midland, Texas, Laura Welch grew up as an only child in a family that lost three babies to miscarriage or infant death. She vividly evokes Midland's brash, rugged culture, her close relationship with her father, and the bonds of early friendships that sustain her to this day. For the first time, in heart-wrenching detail, she writes about the devastating high school car accident that left her friend Mike Douglas dead and about her decades of unspoken grief. When Laura Welch first left West Texas in 1964, she never imagined that her journey would lead her to the world stage and the White House. After graduating from Southern Methodist University in 1968, in the thick of student rebellions across the country and at the dawn of the women's movement, she became an elementary school teacher, working in inner-city schools, then trained to be a librarian. At age thirty, she met George W. Bush, whom she had last passed in the hallway in seventh grade. Three months later, "the old maid of Midland married Midland's most eligible bachelor." With rare intimacy and candor, Laura Bush writes about her early married life as she was thrust into one of America's most prominent political families, as well as her deep longing for children and her husband's decision to give up drinking. By 1993, she found herself in the full glare of the political spotlight. But just as her husband won the Texas governorship in a stunning upset victory, her father, Harold Welch, was dying in Midland. In 2001, after one of the closest elections in American history, Laura Bush moved into the White House. Here she captures presidential life in the harrowing days and weeks after 9/11, when fighter-jet cover echoed through the walls and security scares sent the family to an underground shelter. She writes openly about the White House during wartime, the withering and relentless media spotlight, and the transformation of her role as she began to understand the power of the first lady. One of the first U.S. officials to visit war-torn Afghanistan, she also reached out to disease-stricken African nations and tirelessly advocated for women in the Middle East and dissidents in Burma. She championed programs to get kids out of gangs and to stop urban violence. And she was a major force in rebuilding Gulf Coast schools and libraries post-Katrina. Movingly, she writes of her visits with U.S. troops and their loved ones, and of her empathy for and immense gratitude to military families. With deft humor and a sharp eye, Laura Bush lifts the curtain on what really happens inside the White House, from presidential finances to the 175-year-old tradition of separate bedrooms for presidents and their wives to the antics of some White House guests and even a few members of Congress. She writes with honesty and eloquence about her family, her public triumphs, and her personal tribulations. Laura Bush's compassion, her sense of humor, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart make this story revelatory, beautifully rendered, and unlike any other first lady's memoir ever written.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scribner
ISBN-10
1439155208
ISBN-13
9781439155202
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102891029
Product Key Features
Book Title
Spoken from the Heart
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Women, Personal Memoirs, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, American Government / General, Educators
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Political Science
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.2in
Item Weight
30.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"This is Laura Bush, unplugged. . . . She comes across with a keener eye, a sharper tongue and a readier laugh than in interviews during the eight years while her husband was president."-- USA Today, "Full of humor and spunk, this is a delightful installment in the misadventures of McQueen's charmingly farcical character." —Booklist, "This is Laura Bush, unplugged. . . .She comes across with a keener eye, a sharper tongue and a readier laugh than in interviews during the eight years while her husband was president."-- USA Today, "Laura Bush writes as vividly of her upbringing in the bleak and unforgiving oil-patch towns of West Texas as Buzz Bissinger did in his classic Friday Night Lights."- Bloomberg, "Mrs. Bush's delicate rendering . . . sets this book far apart from the typical score-settling reminiscences of politicians or their spouses. . . . Spoken from the Heartreveals Laura Bush to be a beautiful writer, a keen observer and a tender soul who drew on her roots to live a life in the public eye with compassion and grace."--Wall Street Journal, "Wide-ranging . . . candid . . . deeply personal. . . . A beautifully written book."--Ann Curry, NBC's "Today" Show, "Laura Bush writes as vividly of her upbringing in the bleak and unforgiving oil-patch towns of West Texas as Buzz Bissinger did in his classic Friday Night Lights."-- Bloomberg, "A deeply felt, keenly observed account of her childhood and youth in Texas--an account that captures a time and place with exacting emotional precision and that demonstrates how Mrs. Bush's lifelong love of books has imprinted her imagination."--New York Times, "A deeply felt, keenly observed account of her childhood and youth in Texas-an account that captures a time and place with exacting emotional precision and that demonstrates how Mrs. Bush's lifelong love of books has imprinted her imagination."- New York Times, "Mrs. Bush's delicate rendering . . . sets this book far apart from the typical score-settling reminiscences of politicians or their spouses. . . . Spoken from the Heart reveals Laura Bush to be a beautiful writer, a keen observer and a tender soul who drew on her roots to live a life in the public eye with compassion and grace."-- Wall Street Journal, "This is Laura Bush, unplugged. . . . She comes across with a keener eye, a sharper tongue and a readier laugh than in interviews during the eight years while her husband was president."- USA Today, "Wide-ranging . . . candid . . . deeply personal. . . . A beautifully written book."--Ann Curry, NBC's "Today" Show, "Laura Bush writes as vividly of her upbringing in the bleak and unforgiving oil-patch towns of West Texas as Buzz Bissinger did in his classic Friday Night Lights."--Bloomberg, "This is Laura Bush, unplugged. . . . She comes across with a keener eye, a sharper tongue and a readier laugh than in interviews during the eight years while her husband was president."-- USA Today, "Mrs. Bush's delicate rendering . . . sets this book far apart from the typical score-settling reminiscences of politicians or their spouses. . . . Spoken from the Heart reveals Laura Bush to be a beautiful writer, a keen observer and a tender soul who drew on her roots to live a life in the public eye with compassion and grace."- Wall Street Journal, "Wide-ranging. . . candid. . . deeply personal. . . . A beautifully written book."--Ann Curry, NBC's "Today" Show, "Mrs. Bush's delicate rendering. . . sets this book far apart from the typical score-settling reminiscences of politicians or their spouses. . . . Spoken from the Heart reveals Laura Bush to be a beautiful writer, a keen observer and a tender soul who drew on her roots to live a life in the public eye with compassion and grace."-- Wall Street Journal, "This is Laura Bush, unplugged. . . . She comes across with a keener eye, a sharper tongue and a readier laugh than in interviews during the eight years while her husband was president."--USA Today, "Mrs. Bush's delicate rendering . . . sets this book far apart from the typical score-settling reminiscences of politicians or their spouses. . . . Spoken from the Heart reveals Laura Bush to be a beautiful writer, a keen observer and a tender soul who drew on her roots to live a life in the public eye with compassion and grace."-- Wall Street Journal, "A deeply felt, keenly observed account of her childhood and youth in Texas--an account that captures a time and place with exacting emotional precision and that demonstrates how Mrs. Bush's lifelong love of books has imprinted her imagination."-- New York Times, "Wide-ranging . . . candid . . . deeply personal. . . . A beautifully written book."-Ann Curry, NBC's "Today" Show
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Dewey Decimal
973.931092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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