Nancy: A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan - Softcover

Deaver, Michael

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9780060780951: Nancy: A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060780959 ISBN 13: 9780060780951

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2005

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She was the daughter of a single mother, a Hollywood movie star, the wife of one of the greatest presidents of the twentieth century, a cancer survivor. And she waged her greatest battle against her husband's Alzheimer's disease. Nancy Davis Reagan has led an extraordinary life. Now, Mike Deaver, whose relationship with Mrs. Reagan dates back to the 1960s, shares the side of Nancy that only her intimates know.

The Nancy Reagan with whom most Americans are familiar is a caricature shaped by consistently negative press coverage. But the Nancy Reagan whom Mike Deaver has come to know for more than thirty-five years, the woman portrayed in Nancy, is far more complicated. Nancy has been no bit player in the Reagan story. Deaver believes that Ronald Reagan would not have risen to such distinction without Nancy at his side.

To the man Ronald Reagan, Nancy gave the gift of her unrestricted love. She was his respite, his comfort, his reward at the end of the day. When Ronnie's image might be tainted, she would fervently guard it, even at the expense of her own. Now, Nancy is guardian and nurturer of the Great Communicator's legacy.

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Synopsis:

The paperback edition of the warm, intimate portrait of former First Lady Nancy Reagan, by the best-selling author who was her husband's friend and confidant for over thirty years. She was the daughter of a single mother. She was a Holly-wood movie star. She is the wife of one of the greatest presidents of the twentieth century. She is a cancer survivor. And she waged her greatest, unsinkable battle - against her husband's Alzheimer's disease. Nancy Davis Reagan has led an extraordinary life; it has also been an extraordinarily private one. Now Mike Deaver, whose relationship with Mrs. Reagan dates back to the 1960s, shares the side of Nancy that only her intimates know. But the Nancy Reagan Mike Deaver has come to know over thirty-five years, the woman portrayed in NANCY, is far more complicated than the stereotype. No cardboard cut-out, she is pure flesh and blood, a woman of immense will and fortitude. And in the Reagans' fifty-year marriage, Ron always received top billing, and she would have it no other way. She is convinced that her husband was one of the great men of the twentieth century - a rare world leader who changed the tide of history.

About the Author:

Michael K. Deaver currently serves as vice chairman, international, for Edelman Worldwide and executive vice president and director of corporate affairs for Edelman's Washington office.

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