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Title: Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy ISBN: 0-345-43656-3 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (66 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Well Balanced and Not Entirely Flattering Look Hillary!
Comment: Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehey 2000
A Balanced Portrait (five stars)
I think Gail Sheehey has done a remarkable job of combining her interviews, the second hand sources and published materials in preparing this portrait of Hillary Clinton.
This book most certainly will raise Hillary's ire because it is not entirely flattering, yet it is not a condemnation of Mrs. Clinton either.
I think Sheehey is quite fair in her overall account of Hillary Clinton's life.The book was an excellent read and kept me engaged as a reader.
Mrs. Clinton is certainly no innocent in the political world and in her personal relationship with Bill Clinton.
I have to remark that my views of Mrs. Clinton have wavered over the years of the current Presidency. At the start I had the impression she was an overbearing individual who indeed did want to engage in a co-presidency with her husband. Our system is not designed for a co-presidency and we elected Bill Clinton for the position, not Bill and Hillary. As a result I found her to be a bit hard to take as the first term went through its first two years.
I did support her wide-ranging vision for a National Health Care Plan and was sorry to see it fail for political reasons.
As she was taken out of the loop (at least publicly) in seeming to be at the helm of the country with Bill Clinton, I found her public behavior more appropriate.
Over the years my attitude toward Hillary has waxed and waned. This of course is how I interpreted this woman from how I saw her through the eyes of the abundant media stories about her.
I believe Sheehey offers a substantive and psychologically well nuanced portrait of Hillary. Overall, I don't feel much sorrow or admiration for the woman. She is an individual who wants to play in the big leagues and she has indeed had that opportunity. She hasn't been softened by the experienced -- rather, she seems to be an angrier and yet more determined politician who certainly doesn't intend to end her stature as a woman of high visibility with the close of her husband's publicity. She wants more -- for reasons I can't quite fathom.
All in all, I believe the Clintons are both highly dysfunctional people who continue to overachieve in order to hide their own scars. It appears they will do so at any cost; sadly using the currency of other human beings without much regard.
While there have been accomplishments during this Presidency, I am certain that this country has not deserved what it has been dragged through as a result of two unhealthy individuals with enormous amounts of power.
Daniel J. Maloney
Rating: 5
Summary: RECOMMENDED FOR HILLARY WATCHERS
Comment: I have had the dubious pleasure of reading and rereading quite a number of works addressing the life and times of Hillary Clinton.
While I am not a great fan of Billie, I must admit to sort of an admiration for Hillary. Be-that-as-it-may, I enjoyed this book. It was well written and I thought pretty well ballanced. Many of the "facts" presented, will have to be tested by time, but for now, I feel they are probably as close to the truth we will get.
Ms Clinton is certainly one of the more fascinating individuals of our times and I am quite sure history will continue to judge her as such. She is an interesting subject. In many ways, she is us. The author of this book is an interesting writer and between the author and the subject, we get a very interesting story. Thank you Ms Gail for writing it.
Rating: 4
Summary: An Intimate Book
Comment: In HILLARY'S CHOICE, Mrs Clinton's public persona is presented by the author as that of a brilliant Machiavellian person and a somewhat controlled woman that, at times, (in the subject's private world) can either be vulnerable, cold or insecure. This is a very intimate portrait of one highly fascinating figure, a book that is unafraid to spill the beans and reveal what needs to be known.
The former U.S. First Lady's strengths (and failures) are clearly visible in Gail Sheehy's book. The author's treatment of her subject is rarely objective and unsentimental, and her probing of Hillary's pre-White House years highly fascinating.
Sheehy's treatment of Hillary's 2000 Senatorial race is energetic, well-researched and revealing. Furthermore, the comparison between Guilliani (the initial opponent) and Mrs Clinton is highly intriguing.
Overall, this one is a richly textured, exciting biography, and one that is always provocative. Moreover, Sheehy's work is about the fascinating world and life of a female politician in the Western World, one that still is dominated by traditions and dichotomy.
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Title: The Case Against Hillary Clinton by Peggy Noonan ISBN: 0060393408 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: On the Road With Hillary: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Journey from Arkansas to the U.S. Senate by Patrick S. Halley ISBN: 0670031119 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: It Takes A Village by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 0684825457 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 25 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The First Partner : Hillary Rodham Clinton by Joyce Milton ISBN: 0688177727 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton ISBN: 0743222245 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 09 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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