Title: The purse bearer
Description: A novel set in 1980 about the unlikely campaign by Rose Marie Ryder to become the Governor of Texas. A hilarious political novel, the author's lifetime as a political journalist in Texas produces many insights into the way grassroots politics (nothing short of a blood sport) works in the Lone Star State.
Subjects: Women governor, Fiction, Sex, Journalists, Political activity, Political fiction, Politics and government, History, Fiction, humorous, general, Fiction, romance, general, Journalists, fiction, Texas, fiction
Places: Texas
Time periods: 20th century