A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton by Carl Bernstein

Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought. We see the shaping of Hillary as a self-described 'mind conservative and heart liberal' -' her ostensibly idyllic Midwestern girlhood (her mother a nurturer, but her father a disciplinarian, harsher than she has acknowledged); her early development of deep religious feelings; her curiosity fueled by dedicated teachers, by exposure to Martin Luther King Jr., by the ferment of the sixties, and, above all, by a desire to change the world. At Wellesley, we watch Hillary, a Republican turned Democrat, thriving in the new sky's-the-limit freedom for women, already perceived as a spokeswoman for her generation, her commencement speech celebrated in Life magazine. And the book takes us to Yale Law School as Hillary meets and falls in love with Bill Clinton and cancels her dream to go her own way, to New York or Washington, tying her fortune, instead, to his in Arkansas. Bernstein clarifies the often amazing dynamic of their marriage, shows us the extent to which Hillary has been instrumental in the triumphs and troubles of Bill Clinton's governorship and presidency, initiative. The emotional and political chaos of the Lewinsky affair we see Hillary, despite her immense hurt and anger, standing by her husband -' evoking a rising wave of sympathy from a public previously cool to her. It helps carry her into the Senate, where she applies the political lessons she has learned. It is now her time. As she decides to run for President, her husband now her valued aide, and she has the chance to fulfil her ambition for herself -' to change the world. This 2007 Hutchinson Paperback is in Good condition.

ISBN: 9780091920791 SKU: 1317203 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.