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Summary: Great book
Review: Karen Hughes has been alongside George W. Bush's side throughout his rise through politics from the Texas governership. She offers great insight into our President. Very well written and very interesting.
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Summary: Thank Heaven for Karen Hughes !
Review: Karen is a smart, articulate, honest, self-described "normal" American who has done some extraordinary things. Not since George Washington has anybody walk away from power so willingly. She personifies the best of America and the best of her party. The book is an insightful look at a crazy process and I am glad she came back to help this President through it again.
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Summary: Yawn...
Review: Mythology about the scion of old money from New England who pretends to be a good ole boy from Texas. She has obviously read her Herr Goebbels. The only way to cut through the illusions spun by this work of propaganda is to hold it in one hand with a collection of the writings of Joseph Goebbels in the other, and compare the two, since her book is so obviously informed by the great master of illusion weaving. It was Goebbels who said:"Admit nothing, deny everthing, make counter accusations." Sounds like the Bush administration has absorbed that philosophy to a T.
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Summary: Warm and witty
Review: The dilemma of working mothers in the words of a great communicator told in a relaxed, readable style. Karen Hughes is smart and funny, and the reader will understand why she has been such a success in a world that is stacked against women who have responsibilities to their families. Working mothers will get it, political activists may not.
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Summary: Don't fall for this Bush campaign garbage
Review: This book is nothing more than window dressing for the worst and most dangerous President in the history of this country -- to revive the phony "compassionate conservative" theme just in time for the 2004 campaign. Incidentally, sales of this book will also put lots of money into the pockets of the author, even though she and her cronies in the Administration are always ready to claim that any author critical of George Bush is motivated only by profit. Save your money -- or better still, contribute it to organizations that support veterans and their families, who are getting the shaft from this government.
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Summary: I really DID read this book!
Review: I doubt very much that many of the reviewers of this book have read the book, much less purchased it! Maybe they read the book jacket at the local book store (You know who you are.) It is obvious, since comments were not based on the book's content. I very much enjoyed the stories about her early life, and the history of her parents and grandparents. Though of humble roots, they fostered a desire to strive and succeed. It is a truly American success story. Mrs Hughes knows who she is and what she believes in, and she is willing and eager to further her beliefs, whether they be political or religious. There is no hidden agenda here. There are those who criticize her because of her successes. I ask Why? She got where she is because she is smart, she had goals, and because she worked hard to reach her goals. If you haven't, take note; you can be there too, if you are willing to make the effort. The book is not written with the skill of a Peggy Noonan, nonetheless, I read it from beginning to end without stopping because I wanted to find out who this person is, what she has done, and why. I am glad we have people of this caliber - along with Mary Matalin, Condi Rice etal - at work in the White House today.
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Summary: White House vs. Stay-At-Home
Review: Fascinating addition to the work v. family genre of books, if you can look past the politics. Like many hyper-successful women, Hughes had to make huge sacrifices, and can seem aloof, but her issues (except for the disposable income) are also our issues. My other choice for work and family juggling is "I Sleep At Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets," by Bruce Stockler, a bracingly honest Dad's-eye meditation on work, career, marriage and kids.
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Summary: Will she contribute her profits to the 9-11 fund?
Review: Bush's right-hand man comes back to make a quick buck. Don't waste yours on this sham.
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Summary: What would Dr. Laura say?
Review: Surely Dr. Laura must be having a fit, what with Ms. Hughes abandoning her teenagers, causing them to become latchkey kids, just so she can selfishly re-enter the rat race. It's not all about YOU, Ms. Hughes, your role is as a mother to your children. Further, when you stepped down as advisor to the president a year ago to return to your family, it's clear now that you spent all that time writing a book! A book! And now, a year later, the book finished, you're returning to the White House! As Dr. Laura says, children (especially teenagers) are in need of parental guidance, and a stay-at-home mom whose focus is on THEM, not professional aspirations.
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Summary: guess she's tired of the family
Review: self righteous, spin master, religious zealot tires of her family and goes back to her day job. her day job happens to be helping to run the world's most powerful country. along the way she has plenty of advise for the peasants of the two class system she is helping to create on why they are in the wrong class. (more church & working harder will bump you up to elite status) also, whimiscal stories showing how enlightened she, her family, and george bush are.
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