#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER ¿ PULTIZER PRIZE WINNER ¿ The captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the Washington Post during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media:*the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate
In this widely acclaimed memoir ("Riveting, moving...a wonderful book" The New York Times Book Review), Katharine Graham*tells her story-one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling.
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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.
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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.
