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Wild Women In The White House: The Formidable Females Behind the Throne, On the Phone, and (Sometimes) Under the Bed (Wild Women Series)

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What a fun and intersting book! My impression of the world of the White House is forever altered. Page after page is filled with intriguing tales of the tangled lives of the people who have in some way ended up at the White House over the course of U.S. history. It's a real window to the emotional side of the lives of the Presidents, their wives, and all the hangers-on. Yep, those folks are just as wacky and disfunctional as the rest of us. This book is best kept on top of the toilet tank since it's a perfect bathroom reader. Each page is a separate little vignette; pick it up for just a few minutes during your "morning routine" and you'll surely learn something really interesting to share with friends and co-workers later in the day.

Not all the women in this book are wild, some aren't wild at all, but all the brief essays about them are interesting and amusing. Many of the women are already well-known, many more are not well-known at all. It is fascinating to read about all the president's wives with their very different personalities and attitudes to being in the White House. My absolute favourite is Mamie Eisenhower, who refused to bestir herself about anything and said "all women over fifty should stay in bed till noon." I only have three years to go, hooray! Truly a woman after my own heart. I was a bit taken aback though when Cher's romance at forty with a twenty-two-year old boy is referred to as a December-May romance. Come, come, Ms. Stephens, forty is scarcely December. September at the latest.

I am about 3/4 through the book, but so far it has been very interesting. A suject hardly ever touched on, it give you insight to the history of the White House.

Reading Autumn Stephens' Wild Women in the White House reminded me that what's old is new again. These wild tales of First Ladies and other women who've made their own impact (sometimes notorious impact) on the White House just goes to show anything coming out of our nation's head household is nothing to be shocked about. A great read. Lots of attention to detail, history, and mindful entertainment.