Bill and Hillary Book

HardCover. Pub Date :2012-09-04 Pages: 400 Language: English Publisher: Farrar Straus and Giroux In Bill and Hillary: The Politics of the Personal. the distinguished historian William H. Chafe boldly argues that the trajectory of the Clintons' political lives can be understood only through the prism of their personal relationship. Each experienced a difficult childhood. Bill had an abusive stepfather. and his mother was in denial about the family's pathology. He believed that his success as a public servant would redeem the family. Hillary grew up with an autocratic father and a self-sacrificing mother whose most important lesson for her daughter was the necessity of family togetherness. As an adolescent. Hillary's encounter with her youth minister helped set her moral compass on issues of race and social justice. From the day they first met at Yale Law School. Bill and Hill...Read More