George and Barbara Bush
Subtitle: a great American love story
By: by their granddaughter, Ellie LeBlond Sosa and Kelly Anne Chase ; foreword by President George W. Bush
Contributors: Chase, Kelly Anne, author
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781608939732
Subjects: Presidents; Biography; Presidents' spouses
Description: "To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine. Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's 77-year love affair that withstood World War II separation, a leap of faith into the oil fields of West Texas, the painful loss of a child, a political climb to the highest office, and after the White House, the transition back to a "normal" life. Through a lifetime's worth of letters, photographs, and stories, Sosa and coauthor Kelly Anne Chase paint the portrait of the enduring relationship of George and Barbara Bush. Sharing intimate interviews with the Bushes and family friends, this is a never-before-seen look into the private life of a very public couple.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219).
Table of contents: title: They meet; title: Poppy; title: Courting; title: Phillips Academy; title: Bar; title: "I'm going in."; title: Secret's safe; title: Secret's out; title: Halfway across the world; title: Word from home; title: A time for celebration; title: Then there were three; title: Promises of West Texas; title: Friends, faith, and family; title: Off they go!; title: Driving head-first into the world of politics; title: Distance, it's good for the heart; title: Back in the races; title: First couple; title: FLFW & FFLFW; title: Anchor to windward.