Kessler, Ronald,  1943- <br/><br/>
Laura Bush :  an intimate portrait of the first lady / 
Ronald Kessler. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Doubleday,   
 - x, 272 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  illustrations (some color) ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index. 
<br/><br/>Hostile terrain -- A crush on George -- Rock 'n' roll -- The end of the world -- The go-to girl -- Chateaux Dijon -- "I kinda like him" -- Miracle girls -- Dinner at the Broadmoor -- First Lady of Texas -- Into the White House -- First correspondent -- A private moment -- Call 911 -- Comforter-in-chief -- Culture wars -- Invasion -- "Hurry up, Bushie!" -- TLC -- Sex and the city -- Victory -- The un-ball -- Desperate housewife -- A visit by the First Lady. 
<br/><br/> The first biography of Laura Bush to be written with White House cooperation offers a look at the private world of this famously reserved woman, as well as the beliefs and attitudes that shape it. Based on interviews with her closest friends and confidantes from childhood to the present, as well as family members and administration heavyweights, Kessler paints a portrait of a woman who, even as she ascended to the heights of political fortune and power, never lost touch with the bedrock American values she absorbed in her youth. Kessler reveals how Laura's opinions have brought budget changes to a range of federal agencies and have affected her husband's policies, appointments, and worldview; what Laura's own political opinions are and what her relationship with twin daughters Jenna and Barbara is really like; what Laura says in private about Hillary Clinton, media attacks on her husband, and his victory in the 2004 election.--From publisher description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0385516215 9780385516211 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780385516211 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Bantam Dell Pub Group, Customer Service 400 Hahn Rdrd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157  SAN 201-3975 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005051983 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bush, Laura Welch, 1946- <br/>Bush, Laura Welch, 1946- <br/>Bush, Laura Welch.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography.<br/>Presidents' spouses.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>7.150.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biography.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E904.B87  / K47 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.931092 B