The Obamas

Author:   Robin Miles ,  Jodi Kantor
Publisher:   Little, Brown & Company
Edition:   Unabridged ed.
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9781611139730


Pages:   10
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
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Author:   Robin Miles ,  Jodi Kantor
Publisher:   Little, Brown & Company
Imprint:   Hachette Audio
Edition:   Unabridged ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.30cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 14.60cm
Weight:   0.286kg
ISBN:  

9781611139730


ISBN 10:   1611139732
Pages:   10
Publication Date:   31 January 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

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A portrait of a remarkable marriage.... Kantor's writing is insightful and evocative, rich with detail...[and her] reporting rings true--and considering the administration's insistence on presenting a unified front, it is a considerable achievement. Kerry Luft, Chicago Tribune Energetically reported.... Kantor nails her story.... We political gluttons will lick the spoon clean. David Remnick, The New Yorker The Obamas is among the very best books on this White House. It's a serious, thoughtful book on the modern presidency in general. Ezra Klein A meticulous reporter, Kantor is attuned to the nuance of small gestures, the import of unspoken truths. She knows that every strong marriage, including the one now in the White House, has its complexities and disappointments. Kantor also--and this is a key--has a high regard for women, which is why hers is the first book about the Obama presidency to give Michelle Obama her due. In the process we learn a great deal about the talented and introverted loner who married her, and how his wife has influenced him as a president...Kantor retires wooden stereotypes of the political wife as prop or a problem and instead explores what it means to be a modern first lady, one with her own opinions and an expectation that she will be heard. Connie Schultz, New York Times 'The strengths and challenges of our marriage don't change because we move to a different address, ' Michelle Obama told Jodi Kantor early on. How though did those strengths and challenges evolve in the White House? What did they signal to the rest of the country and, how did they shape policy? An intimate, arresting view of a formidable couple and, especially, of a transformative First Lady, one who may have taught us more than we yet realize. Stacy Schiff, author of The Witches


The Obamas is among the very best books on this White House. It's a serious, thoughtful book on the modern presidency in general. --Ezra Klein 'The strengths and challenges of our marriage don't change because we move to a different address, ' Michelle Obama told Jodi Kantor early on. How though did those strengths and challenges evolve in the White House? What did they signal to the rest of the country and, how did they shape policy? An intimate, arresting view of a formidable couple and, especially, of a transformative First Lady, one who may have taught us more than we yet realize. --Stacy Schiff, author of The Witches A meticulous reporter, Kantor is attuned to the nuance of small gestures, the import of unspoken truths. She knows that every strong marriage, including the one now in the White House, has its complexities and disappointments. Kantor also--and this is a key--has a high regard for women, which is why hers is the first book about the Obama presidency to give Michelle Obama her due. In the process we learn a great deal about the talented and introverted loner who married her, and how his wife has influenced him as a president...Kantor retires wooden stereotypes of the political wife as prop or a problem and instead explores what it means to be a modern first lady, one with her own opinions and an expectation that she will be heard. --Connie Schultz, New York Times A portrait of a remarkable marriage.... Kantor's writing is insightful and evocative, rich with detail...[and her] reporting rings true--and considering the administration's insistence on presenting a unified front, it is a considerable achievement. --Kerry Luft, Chicago Tribune Energetically reported.... Kantor nails her story.... We political gluttons will lick the spoon clean. --David Remnick, The New Yorker


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Jodi Kantor began her journalism career by dropping out of Harvard Law School to join Slate.com in 1998. Four years later, she became the Arts & Leisure editor of the New York Times. She has been covering the Obamas since 2007, and though she is a Washington correspondent for the newspaper, she lives in Brooklyn with her family. Jodi's reporting with Meghan Twohey on Harvey Weinstein won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. She can be followed at twitter.com/jodikantor.

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