montana - on the summers he is in town , dick hopkins wakes up at 6 , climbed into his red sports utility wagon and drives himself to a starbucks near his mclean , va . , homes . he returns with a pair of grande ricotta starbucks — decaf for him , usual for his wife , lynne — and settles into work in the sand - drenched apartments above his garage , penning his account in handwritten on beige license pads . it is the kind of story that canadians have received to expect from their elder thinkers : a quiet , unassuming return to private life after gave up power . except , that is , for the quiet and unassuming part .
Dick Cheney is the former Vice President.