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Summary: Nobody Dishes out the Dirt like Kitty
Review: One of the most deliciously written, scrupulously researched biographies of the 1990's. The book ignited a thunderstorm of publicity because of the author's sensational allegation that the First Lady had been involved in White House "lunches" with Frank Sinatra. Most of the criticism against the book was unfounded. Yes, Kelley dishes out gossip that has been reported in other books, but she has done her own research that produced juicy gossip on its own and she created the definitive biography of Nancy. A #1 New York Times bestseller for 5 weeks, the book sold over 1 million copies in months. One of the bestselling biographies of all times, by one of the most controversial biographers of all time. I can't wait for the Bush family to get the Kitty treatment.
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Summary: The definitive biography of the former first lady
Review: When the late Barbara Olson wrote a biography of Hillary Clinton from a right wing perspective, she was imitating this excellent "hatchet job" of a book. Nancy Reagan comes across as a phony control freak in this book. She ordered her husband around like he was a little baby throughout their marriage. There is a lot of fascinating gossip about the rather dysfunctional Reagan clan. There is a great joke in the book as follows: Ron and Nancy go to a restaurant. Nancy tells the waiter she'll have a steak. The waiter asks"And the vegteable?" Nancy answers"He'll have the steak too".
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Summary: Go Kitty Go
Review: You just have to love Kitty Kelly, if a subject of any of her books was ever short with a staff member, cut someone off in traffic, or returned a movie late Kitty will find out and make a chapter out of it. This book is really no different, it is the standard, made for tabloid mini series book from her, but that is probably why you buy it. Whenever a person gets to a high profile public job they are always going to have issues that the rest of us what to read about and authors tend to make a little more scandalous then they actualy were. This case is no exception with a person that was first a successful actress and then the First Lady of one of the biggest states and then the country. There are any numbers of toes that have been stepped on and Kitty found them all. The most interesting bits I found were the years in the White House and her hatchet jobs of staff members of her husbands that she did not like, the odd calls to her San Francisco psychic to plan major events, and the wonderful warm relationship she had with her kids (sarcasm in high gear). Overall this is a fun and gossipy kind of book that you would expect from the author. At times there is a bit much detail, but some judicious page skipping will correct that issue. The book is a good representation of all the bad days Nancy had and is worth reading for no other reason to understand the closest advisor Ron had.
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