Ten Minutes From Normal Hardback - 2004
by Karen Hughes
'The rule of thumb in any White House is that nobody is indispensable except the president,' said The New York Times, 'but Karen Hughes has come as close to that description as any recent presidential aide.' Karen Hughes has worked beside President George W. Bush since, as she says, 'the motorcade was only one car and he was sometimes the one driving it.' As counselor to the president, she brought the working mom's perspective to the White House, often asking of President Bush's policies, 'What does this mean for the average person?'
Yet the move from Texas to Washington was hard on her family, and in a controversial, headline-making decision that reverberated across America, she chose to place family first and quit the nation's capital to return to Austin. There, Hughes continues to advise the president, where the kitchen wall calendar marks the State of the Union message side by side with her son's orthodontist appointments.
In this disarmingly down-to-earth, warm, often funny, and frank book, Hughes looks at her unique career in George W. Bush's inner circle and the universal concerns of balancing work and family. Ten Minutes from Normal the title comes from the campaign trailis a remarkable blend of the story of a 'normal' woman who rose to great heights and an insightful look at American politics and America's forty-third president.
This is a book for the legions of women and men everywhere who are seeking new inspiration for how to remember their priorities and achieve balance in their lives. Most important, in a post-9/11 world, Hughes redefines the very notion of what is 'normal' as something special and precious, never to be taken for granted in America again.
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- Author Karen Hughes
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 368
- Language EN
- Publisher Viking Adult, New York
- Date 2004-03-29
- ISBN 9780670033058
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