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Innocent spouse : a memoir / by Joynt, Carol Ross.;
Subjects: Joynt, Carol Ross.; Women journalists; Journalists; Businesswomen; Nathans (Washington, D.C.); Joynt, Carol Ross; Joynt, Howard, III.; Husbands; Husband and wife;
© c2011., Broadway Paperbacks,
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Fool me once / by Coben, Harlan,1962-; LaVoy, January,performer.;
Read by January LaVoy.Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya's husband, Joe, To find the answer, Maya must finally come to terms with deep secrets and deceit in her own past before she can face the unbelievable truth about her husband, and herself.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Widows; Spouses;
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First ladies : from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama / by Caroli, Betty Boyd.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-409) and index.Introduction -- 1: Setting precedents: the first Presidents' wives (1789-1829) -- 2: Young substitutes for First Ladies (1829-1869) -- 3: Three exceptions: Sarah Childress Polk, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Julia Dent Grant -- 4: Limited promise of the " New Woman" (1877-1901) -- 5: Office of First Lady: a twentieth-century development -- 6: Paradoxical 1920s -- 7: Breaking precedents and reaffirming old ones (1933-1961) -- 8: Turbulent sixties -- 9: New dimensions to the job of First Lady (1974-1993) -- 10: New generation in the White House (1993-2008) -- 11: Turning points -- Notes -- Appendices -- Index -- Photographs follow pages 118, 182, and 262.From the Publisher: Betty Boyd Caroli's engrossing and informative First Ladies is both a captivating read and an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of America's First Ladies. This expanded and updated fourth edition includes Laura Bush's tenure, Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential bid, and an in-depth look at Michelle Obama, one of the most charismatic and appealing First Ladies in recent history. Covering all forty-one women from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama and including the daughters, daughters-in-law, and sisters of presidents who sometimes served as First Ladies, Caroli explores each woman's background, marriage, and accomplishments and failures in office. This remarkably diverse lot included Abigail Adams, whose "remember the ladies" became a twentieth-century feminist refrain; Jane Pierce, who prayed her husband would lose the election; Helen Taft, who insisted on living in the White House, although her husband would have preferred a judgeship; Eleanor Roosevelt, who epitomized the politically involved First Lady; and Pat Nixon, who perfected what some have called "the robot image." They ranged in age from early 20s to late 60s; some received superb educations for their time, while others had little or no schooling. Including the courageous and adventurous, the emotionally unstable, the ambitious, and the reserved, these women often did not fit the traditional expectations of a presidential helpmate. Here then is an engaging portrait of how each First Lady changed the role and how the role changed in response to American culture. These women left remarkably complete records, and their stories offer us a window through which to view not only this particular sorority of women, but also American women in general.
Subjects: Presidents' spouses;
© 2010., Oxford University Press,
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'Til politics do us part : a political wife's declaration of independence / by Blanchard, Paula L.;
Subjects: Blanchard, Paula L.; Blanchard, James J., 1942-; Governors' spouses; Politicians' spouses;
© c1990., Altwerger & Mandel,
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The widower's toolbox : repairing your life after losing your spouse / by Schaefer, Gerald J.; Bekkers, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references.This book offers men who have lost their partners a guide to helping identify and resolve the issues overwhelming them and to repairing their lives and moving forward. The areas covered include basic training in unfamiliar household systems, creating new traditions, using the prayer connection, finding new friendships, making a scrapbook, and facing the issue of unresolved emotions.Picking up the pieces -- Healing from within -- Giving back to others -- Loving again.
Subjects: Widowers; Widowhood; Bereavement; Widowers; Adjustment (Psychology);
© c2010., New Horizon,
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American First Ladies / by Watson, Robert P.,1962-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Provides a biographical essay on each of the First Ladies, from Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, including family members who served as First Lady for bachelor or widowed Presidents, and includes overviews of the widely varied roles they have played.10-A.
Subjects: Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses;
On-line resources: https://libproxy.kirtland.edu/login?url=https://online.salempress.com/doi/book/10.3331/afl3 -- Available online. Click here to access.;
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American woman : the transformation of the modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden / by Rogers, Katie,author.;
"The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady's role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative--from a White House correspondent for The New York Times. Since the Clinton era, tectonic shifts in media, politics, and pop culture have all redefined expectations of First Ladies, even as the boundaries set upon them have at times remained frustratingly anachronistic. With sharp insights and dozens of firsthand interviews with major players in the Biden, Obama, Trump, Bush, and Clinton orbits, including Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton, New York Times White House correspondent Katie Rogers traces, from the dawn of the twenty-first century, the evolution of the role of First Lady into a modern power broker with the potential to deliver on behalf of the president, while also painting a full portrait of Jill Biden. Dr. Jill Biden began her journey toward public life in 1975 as a separated twenty-three-year-old who caught the eye of a widowed Senator Joe Biden. Recovering from her own heartbreak after a failed marriage, she found a man who was still grieving. He drew her into his close-knit family, and, in return, she knitted his life together after unspeakable tragedy, raised his children as her own, and stood by his side through three presidential campaigns. Along the way, they weathered shared tragedies of their own. Over the past four decades, Jill Biden has nurtured her husband's ambitions and emerged as a prime guardian of one of the most insular operations in modern politics. But she has also struggled with low approval ratings, critical headlines, and a changing Washington much different from the one that she and her husband first encountered together in the late 1970s. She is a disciplined First Lady by design, mirroring her family's guarded approach to the public and the media. She is also the only First Lady in history to work outside of the White House in a paid role as a teacher, a choice that was received with a mix of acclaim and misogyny. It was a decision that will inevitably clear a path for future first spouses to keep their chosen careers. Through deep reporting and new correspondence, American Woman is the first book to paint a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and grapple with the idea of what the role of a modern First Lady should be"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Mermaids -- Ambition -- Tradition -- Expectation -- Reluctance -- "The professor must teach" -- "The kind of woman I'd like to meet" -- "A force to be reckoned with" -- "A quiet asset" -- "I remember every slight" -- "They want you to be strong."
Subjects: Biden, Jill.; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses;
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Say nothing : a novel / by Parks, Brad,1974-;
"Judge Scott Sampson doesn't brag about having a perfect life, but the evidence is clear: A prestigious job. A beloved family. On an ordinary Wednesday afternoon, he is about to pick up his six-year-old twins to go swimming when his wife, Alison, texts him that she'll get the kids from school instead. It's not until she gets home later that Scott realizes she doesn't have the children. And she never sent the text. Then the phone rings, and every parent's most chilling nightmare begins. A man has stolen Sam and Emma. A man who warns the judge to do exactly as he is told in a drug case he is about to rule on. If the judge fails to follow his instructions, the consequences for the children will be dire. For Scott and Alison, the kidnapper's call is only the beginning of a twisting, gut-churning ordeal of blackmail, deceit, and terror; a high-profile trial like none the judge or his wife has ever experienced. Their marriage falters. Suspicions and long-buried jealousies rise to the surface. Fractures appear. Lies are told. Through it all, Scott and Alison will stop at nothing to get their children back, no matter the cost to themselves ... or to each other."--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Judges; Spouses; Trials; Kidnapping;
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American First Ladies / by Watson, Robert P.,1962-editor.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-450) and index.[Names inverted from appearance on contents page] Abigail Adams -- Louisa Adams -- Ellen Arthur -- Barbara Bush -- Laura Bush -- Rosalynn Carter -- Frances Cleveland -- Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Grace Coolidge -- Mamie Eisenhower -- Abigail Fillmore -- Betty Ford -- Lucretia Garfield -- Julia Grant -- Florence Harding -- Anna Harrison -- Caroline Harrison -- Lucy Hayes -- Lou Hoover -- Rachel Jackson -- Martha Jefferson -- Eliza Johnson -- Lady Bird Johnson -- Jacqueline Kennedy -- Harriett Lane -- Mary Lincoln -- Ida McKinley -- Dolley Madison -- Elizabeth Monroe -- Pat Nixon -- Michelle Obama -- Jane Pierce -- Sarah Polk -- Patsy Jefferson Randolph -- Nancy Reagan -- Edith Roosevelt -- Eleanor Roosevelt -- Helen Taft -- Margaret Taylor -- Bess Truman -- Julia Tyler -- Letitia Tyler -- Angelica Singleton Van Buren -- Hannah Van Buren -- Martha Washington -- Edith Wilson -- Ellen Wilson.
Subjects: Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses;
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First women : [electronic resource] : The grace and power of America's modern First Ladies. by Brower, Kate Andersen.; White, Karen.;
Narrator: Karen White.One of the most underestimated—and challenging—positions in the world, the First Lady of the United States must be many things: an inspiring leader with a forward-thinking agenda of her own; a savvy politician, skilled at navigating the treacherous rapids of Washington; a wife and mother operating under constant scrutiny; and an able CEO responsible for the smooth operation of countless services and special events at the White House. Now, as she did in her smash #1 bestseller The Residence, former White House correspondent Kate Andersen Brower draws on a wide array of untapped, candid sources—from residence staff and social secretaries to friends and political advisers—to tell the stories of the ten remarkable women who have defined that role since 1960.Brower offers new insights into this privileged group of remarkable women, including Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Patricia Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama. The stories she shares range from the heartwarming to the shocking and tragic, exploring everything from the first ladies' political crusades to their rivalries with Washington figures; from their friendships with other first ladies to their public and private relationships with their husbands. She also offers a detailed and insightful new portrait of one of the most-watched first ladies of all time, Hillary Clinton, asking what her tumultuous years in the White House may tell us about her own historic presidential run . . . and what life could be like with the nation's first First Husband.Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 349092 KB).
Subjects: Electronic books.; Biographies; Nonfiction.; Presidents' spouses ; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Presidents' spouses; History.; Women's Studies.;
© 2016., HarperAudio,
On-line resources: http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=130119&titleID=2396386 -- Click to access digital title in OverDrive.;
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