Barbara Bush (Abridged): A Memoir Audiobook

The classic #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, celebrating the life and legacy of First Lady Barbara Bush—updated with new forewords from her five children, including reflections from George W. and Jeb, as featured on A&E’s Biography.

Barbara Bush endures as one of America’s most popular First Ladies. She has won worldwide acclaim for her wit, compassion, and candor as both a presidential wife and mother. In this fascinating memoir, Mrs. Bush offers a heartfelt portrait of her life in and out of the White House, from her small-town schoolgirl days in Rye, New York, to her fateful union with George H.W. Bush, to her role as First Lady of the United States. Here, she writes candidly about her early years with George Bush in West Texas and the tragic death of their young daughter, Pauline. She also discusses the world of Washington politics and the famous figures she’s met, as well as the disappointment of the 1992 presidential campaign—and the mixed blessing of regaining her private life, including her role as the nation’s leading literacy champion.

Filled with entertaining anecdotes, thirty-two pages of personal photographs, and a healthy dose of introspection, this memoir is “a book of good grace and humor—written in a style that, like the author herself, is straightforward, unembellished, generous, good-hearted, and wise…A pleasure” (The Washington Times).

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“Don’t be fooled: Under the guise of telling things straight, this nice, white-haired grandmother in a print dress and signature triple strand of pearls can sting like—well, like a word that rhymes with ‘rich.’ The fun…is in reading past all the expected gracious, diplomatic stuff—all the blah-blah about ‘great’ friends and ‘darling’ wives of fellow Republicans—and looking for the moments when the claws come out…The only thing a reader can do is turn the darling pages.” 

— Entertainment Weekly