The First Partner - by Joyce Milton (Paperback)

About the Book

America's most controversial First Lady is profiled in this provocative, probing biography, a meticulously detailed look at Hillary Rodham Clinton's life, from her Midwestern childhood to her tumultuous White House years. of photos.

Book Synopsis

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Hillary Rodham Clinton has fascinated the nation since she became First Lady in 1992. In The First Partner, acclaimed biographer Joyce Milton goes beyond the headlines and offers real insight into Clinton's character, her values, and her career.

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Milton offrs new perspectives on the firestorms that have raged about Clinton, from the health-care fiasco to Whitewater to the Lewinsiky scandal. She also examines Clinton's attempts to reconcile a host of contradictions--feminist convictions in painful collision with family commitment; philosophical beliefs in conflict with political reality; the precarious balance between professional ambition, public image, and private life. Lively and evenhanded, this definitive biography is a revealing portrait of one of the most enigmatic women in politics.

Review Quotes

"Milton provides a contextual clarity that will deepen the understanding of veteran Hillary-watchers...[Her] refreshing efforts to set the record straight are indeed spirit-lifting...Fascinating detail."--"Washington Times"Milton chronicles Mrs. Clinton's lifelong capacity to reinvent herself with devastating accuracy."--"National Review"""The First Partner...is well-written and may be the single best compendium of every charge of malfeasance, true or false, that's ever been hurled at the Clintons."--"Washington Post"The most ravenous curiousity about Bill and Hillary Clinton's marriage is likely to be satisfied by this gossipy, well-written, and finally devastating biography of the woman in the White House."--"People