Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady

New York, NY: Doubleday Books, 2006. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady (Hardcover in dust jacket condition very good published by doubleday copyright 2006-272 pages) When Laura Bush moved into the White House on January 20, 2001,... Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 272 p. Audience: General/trade. Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady (Hardcover in dust jacket condition very good published by doubleday copyright 2006-272 pages) When Laura Bush moved into the White House on January 20, 2001, everyone wanted to know what kind of first lady she would be. Would she be like Mamie Eisenhower? Would she follow in Barbara Bush s footsteps? Would she be another Hillary Clinton? I think I ll just be Laura Bush, she would say. On Saturday, April 30, 2005, the world got a glimpse of what that meant when she pushed aside the leader of the free world and stole the show at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. Wearing a shimmering lime green Oscar de la Renta gown, Laura wisecracked that she was a desperate housewife married to a president who was always asleep at nine. Replayed constantly on the air, the stand-up routine with its impeccable comedic timing turned the first lady into a glittering star. But while the performance catapulted her to new status, it did not answer the question of who this former teacher and librarian really is and just what role she plays in influencing her husband and shaping his administration. The Bushes are more effective than the FBI or CIA at keeping secret what goes on behind the scenes at the White House, the ranch, or Camp David.