简介
This collection--at once insightful, funny and sad--digs into the psyche of the nation's capital. Marjorie Williams knew Washington from top to bottom. Beloved for her sharp analysis, elegant prose and exceptional ability to intuit character, Williams wrote political profiles for the Washington Post and Vanity Fair that came to be considered the final word on the capital's most powerful figures. Her accounts of playing ping-pong with Richard Darman, of Barbara Bush's stepmother quaking with fear at the mere thought of angering the First Lady, and of Bill Clinton angrily telling Al Gore why he failed to win the presidency--to name just three treasures collected here--open a window on a human reality behind Washington's determinedly blank fa莽ade. During her last years, she wrote about her own mortality as she battled liver cancer, using this harrowing experience to illuminate larger points about the nature of power and the randomness of life.--From publisher description.
目录
Introduction p. xi
Profiles
Protocol p. 3
The Philanthropist p. 12
The Pragmatist p. 30
The Wife p. 55
The Rainmaker p. 77
The Hack p. 99
The Sibling p. 118
Scenes from a Marriage p. 132
Essays
Makeup and Ms. p. 155
Reader, I Married p. 160
Persuasion p. 166
Why Character Matters in Politics p. 170
Thank You, Clarence Thomas p. 181
The Princess Puzzle p. 185
Entomophobia p. 189
The Alchemist p. 196
In Conversation p. 209
Bill Clinton, Feminist p. 220
Why Parents Still Matter p. 234
Flying to L.A. p. 240
A Second Thought on Assisted Suicide p. 248
The Cat Race p. 250
Grandparents' Rights p. 253
The Parent Rap p. 256
The Art of the Fake Apology p. 259
Real Complicated p. 262
Dying for Dollars p. 265
Do Parents Suffer Discrimination? p. 268
The Political Wife, RIP p. 271
The Widow's Mandate p. 274
Uriah Heep Goes to Washington p. 277
Run for Your Life p. 280
A Woman's Place Is at the Bar p. 289
Mommy at Her Desk p. 292
Liar, Liar p. 295
The Heart-Full Dodger p. 298
A Working Mom's Comedy p. 300
A Woman Who Knew Her Due p. 302
Time and Chance
Hit by Lightning: A Cancer Memoir p. 307
Telling the Real, Real Truth p. 340
The Random Death of Our Sense of Ease p. 343
The Doctor Factor p. 346
The Halloween of My Dreams p. 349
Acknowledgments p. 352
Rights and Permissions p. 356
Index p. 357
Profiles
Protocol p. 3
The Philanthropist p. 12
The Pragmatist p. 30
The Wife p. 55
The Rainmaker p. 77
The Hack p. 99
The Sibling p. 118
Scenes from a Marriage p. 132
Essays
Makeup and Ms. p. 155
Reader, I Married p. 160
Persuasion p. 166
Why Character Matters in Politics p. 170
Thank You, Clarence Thomas p. 181
The Princess Puzzle p. 185
Entomophobia p. 189
The Alchemist p. 196
In Conversation p. 209
Bill Clinton, Feminist p. 220
Why Parents Still Matter p. 234
Flying to L.A. p. 240
A Second Thought on Assisted Suicide p. 248
The Cat Race p. 250
Grandparents' Rights p. 253
The Parent Rap p. 256
The Art of the Fake Apology p. 259
Real Complicated p. 262
Dying for Dollars p. 265
Do Parents Suffer Discrimination? p. 268
The Political Wife, RIP p. 271
The Widow's Mandate p. 274
Uriah Heep Goes to Washington p. 277
Run for Your Life p. 280
A Woman's Place Is at the Bar p. 289
Mommy at Her Desk p. 292
Liar, Liar p. 295
The Heart-Full Dodger p. 298
A Working Mom's Comedy p. 300
A Woman Who Knew Her Due p. 302
Time and Chance
Hit by Lightning: A Cancer Memoir p. 307
Telling the Real, Real Truth p. 340
The Random Death of Our Sense of Ease p. 343
The Doctor Factor p. 346
The Halloween of My Dreams p. 349
Acknowledgments p. 352
Rights and Permissions p. 356
Index p. 357
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