The Governor's lady
By: by Robert Inman
Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780895876089; 9780895876096
Subjects: Women governors; Fiction; Women in politics
Description: Cooper Lanier has been surrounded by politics her entire life. Her late father, Cleve Spainhour, was a beloved two-term Southern governor, as was her husband, Pickett Lanier. Now, Cooper is taking office as governor herself, succeeding Pickett as he campaigns for president. On her first day, as the state is blindsided by a blizzard, Cooper quickly realizes she is surrounded by leftovers from her husband's administration and that Pickett intends to manage the state's affairs from the campaign trail, even if it means undermining her every command. Cooper is faced with the stark choice of seizing control or becoming a phony, irrelevant figurehead.