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Summary: A good book!
Review: A good account of the President and First lady. The book goes into many details of the first couple (their childhoods, how they met, the President's drinking problem, the 2000 Presidential election, their daughters, 9/11). The book is fast moving and not tedious. A funny line from the book: Laura, a former librarian, said of her husband's lack of interest in books :"George thought a bibliography was the story of the guys who wrote the Bible." If you are interested in the President and First lady buy it.
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Summary: True American Love Story
Review: A wonderfully written book, showing that old fashion marriage, love & respect are still alive In America.
The love and respect they have for one another is so evident. Being in the spotlight doesn't stop this beautiful couple from showing the love and respect they have for one another. It shows a book will hold your interest without it having to be filled with sexual thoughts and actions. Loved the book and believe others will as well. Good old fashion love story.
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Summary: BUYER BEWARE
Review: Author Christopher Anderson's book to promote the Bush's loving marriage seems more like a superficial attempt to hide his own contempt for the President and Mrs. Bush. Endless snide remarks and cutting inuendos by the author coupled with a parade of supposed skeletons in the Bush closet give the reader a roller-coaster of a ride more downhill than up. The old adage "Believe nothing that you read and only half what you see" should be warning enough to those who still buy this book. There is deception in the title. Perhaps like you, I was expcecting a clear and uplifting read on our beloved President and First Lady. Unlike you, I bought this book. The bottom line: I can't recommend this to anyone though I gave it one star for the opening chapter (the day of September 11th) and for the photographs.
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Summary: Portrait of #$!ing American DumbA@@z President
Review: behave littl' monkey george!
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Summary: I wish you could rate the book half a star
Review: Christopher Andersen has always been a biographical prostitute who begs out-of-the-loop sources for meager scraps of information and refuses to write balanced portraits, usually focusing on the positive aspects at the expense of accuracy. "Diana's Boys," one of his most recent books, was a standing joke among European journalists who actually confronted him once on Larry King Live about his many inaccuracies.There is at least one such inaccuracy in the book...BR>Andersen described Bush's break up with his former fiancee Cathy Wolfman, who nearly ordered up wedding invitations three decades ago, thus: "When he asked her to spend another summer with the family at Kennebunkport and she refused, he was dumbfounded. 'I don't want to go to Maine, George,' she told him. 'And I don't think this is going to work out.' She slipped the engagement ring off her finger and handed it to him. George, stricken, began to weep."
Although this sweet propaganda makes Bush look like a sensitive, enlightened male, in truth, Bush only called off the engagement after pressure from the family over the fiancee's Jewish stepfather. Although Bush denied charges of anti-semitism, he later openly stated that he thought there is no place in heaven for anyone who did not accept Jesus Christ as his "personal savior."
While die-hard Republicans will embrace this book, but let me tell you this: Wait for Kitty Kelley's book on the "Bush dynasty." That book will really be worth your money. "This Kitty has the tenaciousness of a panther stalking its prey," writer Joyce Haber said of Kitty Kelley. KITTY KELLEY will tell the truth about the Bush clan.
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Summary: Portrait of a loving marriage
Review: Christopher Andersen takes us behind the scenes and back in history, as he details the growing-up years of George and Laura Bush. They grew up in the same town, and at one time even lived in the same apartment complex in Houston, yet their paths never crossed until some friends introduced them at a barbeque when they were both over 30. "Georgie" was the son of a wealthy, influential man and, although he loved and respected his father, he had a hard time forging his own identity. Part of a large family, George was a naturally outgoing young man and the quintessential "party animal". Laura was the only child of a well-respected builder and in her ladylike way she always tried to please her parents and do what was right. They each experienced the tragic death of a loved one, and although deeply effected, they got through it to become stronger people in the long run. When Laura came into George's life, her influence on him was immediate. She is cited throughout the book as a person who has a calming influence on those around her and she was instrumental in slowing George down from his frenetic pace and endless quest for fulfillment. Theirs has been a solid marriage, which is,in turn, the foundation for his attitude that his job is not everything because he also gains a lot of fulfillment from his family. This is an interesting story and shows how George particularly has grown and matured over the years. As he himself says, "Even a 'C' student can grow up to become President of the United States."
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Summary: in their best light
Review: Christopher Andersen's "George and Laura" is a swift, easy read that stops just short of being a puff piece of the Bushes. They are presented in their best light, although Andersen does include the most memorable of George's verbal gaffes and does explore his earlier behavior as an aimless, hard-drinking young man. Even though he relied heavily on Laura's mother, Jenna Welch, for stories and insights, Andersen has some difficulty delineating the enigmatic character of the First Lady. Her self-contained, phlegmatic temperament is not easily captured, although it is easy to see how her calmness has steadied her emotional husband, whom no one would call a deep thinker. As in every love story, there is a mystery at its core. What drew these two together and what sustains them through years and trials? Andersen does a good job of showing how completely opposite they are, and how they have made these differences work for them in their marriage, rather than against them, as often happens after the honeymoon is over. George seems to be an appreciative husband; many women would envy Laura this quality in her spouse. Laura seems to be an accepting, completely loyal wife who rarely complains, even though she does voice her opinions. One would hope that Laura's opinions continue to influence her husband to "rein in it, Bubba", as she once told him, and to pursue a course of wise restraint as opposed to his own bellicose, ill-considered attitudes to our present crisis.
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Summary: Pack of lies
Review: George and Laura is a book that proves interesting for political aficionados, yet reveals hardly anything to write home about. Although some liberal reviewers have made mention to the contrary, this book is no 'fluff' account intended to pander to the Bushes. It is, for all intents and purposes, a look into the trying times of 9/11, the blunders of Bush's exceedingly chronicled youth, the meeting of the two, as well as the incredible adversity overcome by both. While reading this, at times I would feel that this was a malicious attack on the Bushes, but all in all, it was relatively evenhanded as it revealed both good and bad accounts of their lives. I was unaware of Laura's vehicular manslaughter incident as well as her near death experience while delivering the twins. Other than that, this book provides few insights into their lives. In summation, I deem it worth a checkout from the library, but hardly worth a purchase.
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Summary: Interesting, but nothing new
Review: George and Laura is a book that proves interesting for political aficionados, yet reveals hardly anything to write home about. Although some liberal reviewers have made mention to the contrary, this book is no 'fluff' account intended to pander to the Bushes. It is, for all intents and purposes, a look into the trying times of 9/11, the blunders of Bush's exceedingly chronicled youth, the meeting of the two, as well as the incredible adversity overcome by both. While reading this, at times I would feel that this was a malicious attack on the Bushes, but all in all, it was relatively evenhanded as it revealed both good and bad accounts of their lives. I was unaware of Laura's vehicular manslaughter incident as well as her near death experience while delivering the twins. Other than that, this book provides few insights into their lives. In summation, I deem it worth a checkout from the library, but hardly worth a purchase.
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Summary: Definitely worth while
Review: Have just finished reading Christopher Andersen's book GEORGE AND LAURA. I recommend it highly. Respectfully and sensitively written. While there are one or two brief passages that make us think, "Andersen is probably not a co-partisan of the President!" -- still -- he respects the president. Above respectful and sensitive, I would add -- quite poignant at certain points. Both figures have had to deal with tragedies, and before adulthood. Not a definitive biography -- the subtitle is "Portrait of an American Marriage" -- but it does give us a clear enough picture of both the President's and the First Lady's youth and upbringing and things they did for fun. The First Lady, for instance, likes Van Morrison and white-water rafting. The President has switched from strong drink to diet coke (and more power to him!) and likes hard-boiled egg sandwiches. The book begins and ends with a look at how the Bushes were compelled to deal with terrorism and its aftermath on September 11, 2001. Worth reading!
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