Barbara Bush(布什夫人自传)

Barbara Bush endures as one of America's most popular First Ladies. She has won worldwide acclaim for her wit, compassion, and candor as both a presidential wife and mother. In this #1 New York Times best-selling memoir, Mrs. Bush offers a heartfelt portrait of her life in and out of the White House, from her small-town schoolgirl days in Rye, New York, to her fateful union with George H.W. Bush, to her role as First Lady of the United States. ...

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Barbara Bush endures as one of America's most popular First Ladies. She has won worldwide acclaim for her wit, compassion, and candor as both a presidential wife and mother. In this #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, Mrs. Bush offers a heartfelt portrait of her life in and out of the White House, from her small-town schoolgirl days in Rye, New York, to her fateful union with George H.W. Bush, to her role as First Lady of the United States. Here, she writes candidly about:

• her early years with George Bush in West Texas

• the tragic death of her young daughter

• the world of Washington politics and the famous figures she's met

• her role as the nation's leading literacy champion

• her feelings about the Iran-Contra scandal, the Persian Gulf conflict, and the Cold War

• the disappointment of the 1992 presidential campaign -- and the mixed blessing of regaining her private life

...and much more. Filled with entertaining anecdotes, dozens of personal photographs, and a healthy dose of humor, this memoir is as compelling and honest as the former First Lady herself.

Barbara Bush was the First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. She is the honorary chairman of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy and the author of C. Fred's Story and the New York Times number-one bestseller Millie's Book. This memoir, like those books, was written by Mrs. Bush herself. She lives in Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine.

Preface
1 Prologue
2 Growing Up
3 Love and War
4 Striking Out on Our Own
5 Robin
6 Oh,the Glamorous World Politics
7 A Different World
8 The United Nations
9 Surviving Watergate
10 China
11 Keeping Secrets
12 Hitting the Campaign Trail
13 Around the World and Back
14 The Poet Laureate
15 The 1988 Campaign
16 “Pleas Guide and Guard Us”
17 The First IOO Days
18 Whirlwind First Year
19 Flying chain Saws
20 The Storm Before the Storm
21 Desert Storm
22 Of Cabbages and Queens
23 “Back Forth and Ups Downs”
24 The Campaign
25 “One Last Time”
26 A New Beginning
Appendix A
Bppendix B
Cppendix C
Dppendix D
Index