![]() ![]() ![]() Taraborrelli has a soft spot for Laura Bush, whose life was shaped by a tough childhood in rural Texas and a tragic incident during her teen years, when the car she was driving caused the death of a classmate. He shows a particular fondness for the older George's wealthy, spirited mother, Dorothy, or Dotty, “the most misunderstood of the Bush women” and “a feminist before the word was coined.” The author is ambivalent about the “more conventional” Barbara: He admires her ability to recover from a depression, triggered in part by the loss of a child, that lasted for decades but annoyed by her apparent willingness to tolerate her husband's alleged decadeslong affair with another woman. Early on, the author explores the psychic consequences of Barbara Bush's growing up under the oversight of a clinically depressed, critical mother. Taraborrelli, the author of glitzy celebrity bios of the Kennedys, the Hiltons, Marilyn Monroe, and Beyoncé, has his work cut out for him in finding intrigue in the Bush story-this isn’t Camelot territory-but he digs deep and locates plenty of interesting details. A glossy dissection of the women members of a family that has loomed large over decades of U.S politics. ![]()
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