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SEX
AND THE SEASONED WOMAN: Pursuing the Passionate Life,
is Gail Sheehy's most groundbreaking work since Passages
and The Silent Passage. Seasoned women (45 and up)
share candid stories about finding their passions, exploring
midlife relationships, and reawakening sexual desire. Now
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Hillary's
Choice
This is the story of a woman and a marriage, both so famous the
world over, we think we know everything there is to know. But Hillary's
Choice renders the political icon of our times fully human
for the first time.
Gail Sheehy has been observing Hillary Clinton since 2000, talking
to her informally and writing about her in Vanity Fair.
The biographical portrait that emerges in Hillary’s Choice is
a tour de force of hard reporting shaped by the unique insights
of the author of Passages.
We see the arc of Hillary's life through her headstrong choices:
as a Yale Law School graduate who chooses to marry an Arkansas
boy, thinking she will get him elected to Congress and take him
back to Washington; as a professional wife who chooses to abandon
her own career dream so she can raise a "boy" to be a president;
as a woman betrayed once too often who finally confronts her husband
and makes the deal that will determine their future.
The story of the Clinton presidency has always been the story of
the Clinton marriage. Delving deep into a relationship that is
both supportive and destructive, Sheehy answers the constantly
asked question "Why does she stay with him?" How has Hillary preserved
her spirit through repeated cycles of Clinton's seduction, betrayal,
and repentance? Sheehy shows through one vivid scene after another
how Hillary became addicted to Bill, and how desperately Bill depended
on Hillary to teach him how to fight and bring him back again and
again from the political dead. Power and shame shift violently
between Hillary to Bill as Sheehy deconstructs their embattled
co-presidency.
Hillary’s Choice carries the story through her emergence
as a Senator, admired and respected in her own right. If you want
to know what kind of President the other Clinton would make, this
is the book.
Reviews:
"With firsthand knowledge and first-rate reporting, Gail Sheehy
meticulously peels back the layers of this woman we have so barely
understood: revered and reviled First Lady, vulnerable First Victim,
flawed tactician, inspired candidate. You cannot know Hillary Rodham
Clinton without reading this book." --Lynn Sherr, ABC News
"Gail Sheehy is a master at defining the personal as political
and the political as personal. Hillary's Choice is a compelling
portrait of a marriage." --Richard Reeves, author of President
Kennedy: Profile of Power
“Satisfying…Sheehy, drawing on interviews with hundreds
of subjects—some of whom have kept silent until now—breaks
new ground.” --People
Insightful..highly persuasive..Sheehy has fleshed out her story
with excellent reporting.” --The New York Observer
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