Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life (Abridged)

by Mary Cheney Narrated by Mary Cheney

Overview

Who is Mary Cheney?

In the most eagerly awaited political memoir of the season, Mary Cheney, who served as a top campaign aide to her father, the vice president, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the high-intensity world of presidential politics and talks for the first time about her life, her family, and her role in the campaigns of 2000 and 2004.

As a senior adviser to her father, she was in the middle of every major event of the 2000 and 2004 presidential contests -- at the conventions, the debates, and on the trail. Both elections made history -- and so did Mary. And for the first time ever, she writes about what it was like to be at the center of her father's campaigns as his daughter, as a member of the senior staff, and, though she never intended it, as a political target for the other side.

Mary, her experiences, and her opinions, have been the subject of intense debate in the media and from activists on both ends of the political spectrum, but she has never spoken publicly about herself, her life, or her political views -- until now.

In Now It's My Turn, a frank, funny, and down-to-earth memoir, Mary Cheney describes life inside the bubble of a national campaign. She talks about her close relationship with her parents, how it feels to be pursued by the press, and what it was like when John Edwards and John Kerry made her sexual orientation an issue in live debates televised to millions of Americans. As she describes it, life inside a presidential campaign can be uplifting, frustrating, and heartbreaking, but no matter what else it may be, it's always entertaining.

Editorial Reviews

APR/ MAY 07 - AudioFile

Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, never wanted to be in the limelight of the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, but she was a capable senior adviser to her father, and her private life became prime-time news—simply because of her sexual orientation. Mary Cheney speaks out about the highs and lows of life inside the campaigns and her family relationships, as well as providing insightful glimpses of Cheney’s private persona and professional competence. Glib, straightforward, and no-nonsense, Cheney tells it like it was, including her feelings toward John Edwards and John Kerry after the debates, her devotion to her family, and her love and respect for Cheney père—father and candidate. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

APR/MAY 07 - AudioFile

Mary Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, never wanted to be in the limelight of the 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns, but she was a capable senior adviser to her father, and her private life became prime-time news—simply because of her sexual orientation. Mary Cheney speaks out about the highs and lows of life inside the campaigns and her family relationships, as well as providing insightful glimpses of Cheney’s private persona and professional competence. Glib, straightforward, and no-nonsense, Cheney tells it like it was, including her feelings toward John Edwards and John Kerry after the debates, her devotion to her family, and her love and respect for Cheney père—father and candidate. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170683970
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Publication date:	05/09/2006
Edition description:	Abridged

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