Personal History (WOMEN IN HISTORY) - Softcover

Graham, Katharine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842126202 ISBN 13: 9781842126202

Publisher: W&N, 2002

Synopsis

As seen in the new movie The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Meryl Streep, here is the captivating, inside story of the woman who piloted the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media.

In this bestselling and widely acclaimed memoir, Katharine Graham, the woman who piloted the Washington Post through the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, tells her story - one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candour and dignity of its telling.

Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband - a confidant to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson - plunge into the mental illness that would culminate in his suicide. And here is the widow who shook off her grief and insecurity to take on a president and a pressman's union as she entered the profane boys' club of the newspaper business.

As timely now as ever, Personal History is an exemplary record of our history and of the woman who played such a shaping role within them, discovering her own strength and sense of self as she confronted - and mastered - the personal and professional crises of her fascinating life.

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Review:

Personal History reads like a good novel: a woman survives a wealthy childhood not without its problems, outlives a marriage that goes disastrously wrong then takes over the family business and not only makes it a success, but influences American history as well. Best of all, it's true. This large memoir (625 pages) by Katharine Graham, publisher of the Washington Post and undoubtedly one of the most powerful women of her time, is an extraordinary American story.

Review:

This is a stunning book (Sunday Telegraph)

An autobiographical masterpiece, adroitly combining the public and personal spheres. Frank, sensitive and bubbling with humour, it is a fascinating account by an impressive person (The Economist)

A well-written, fascinating, moving and, in its social and historical context, important book (Sarah Bradford Daily Telegraph)

About this edition

• Publisher: W&N
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1842126202
• ISBN 13: 9781842126202
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720