Barbara Bush: A Memoir

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Barbara Bush: A Memoir
Author Barbara Bush
GenreMemoir
Publication date
1994
ISBN 9780025106352

Barbara Bush: A Memoir is a 1994 memoir by Barbara Bush [1] , the wife of U.S. President George H. W. Bush. It was published as a Lisa Drew book by Charles Scribner's Sons. [2] [3] [4]

American film critic Lisa Schwarzbaum in a review for Entertainment Weekly suggested that the memoir allowed the First Lady to reveal her true feelings on current events by subtly criticizing others. [5] Schwartzbam wrote that her "blithe imperiousness and deft passive aggression" was used as a powerful weapon to comment on the lives and activities of political figures and celebrities like Jesse Jackson, Rosalynn Carter, and Cher.

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References

  1. Bush, Barbara (1994). Barbara Bush: A Memoir. A Lisa Drew Book. ISBN   978-0-02-510635-2.
  2. Clift, Eleanor. "Barbara Bush: A Memoir." Washington Monthly Nov. 1994: 46+.
  3. Radcliffe, D., September 11, 1994. Barbara's Book: This Time, the First Grandma's Out There on Her Own. The Washington Post, 3. ISSN   0190-8286
  4. Maureen D. "Qualities Americans Like: She was Dignified, She was Loyal, and She Wore $29 Shoes. BARBARA BUSH A Memoir. by Barbara Bush. Illustrated. 575 Pp. New York: A Lisa Drew Book/ Charles Scribner's Sons. $25. Qualities Americans Like Qualities Americans Like." The New York Times, Nov 27, 1994, pp. 3.
  5. "Barbara Bush: A Memoir : A Memoir". EW.com. Retrieved 2024-02-17.