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  <default_description>As a special assistant to the president, Peggy Noonan worked with Ronald Reagan, and with Vice President George H. W. Bush, on some of their most famous and memorable speeches. In her thoroughly engaging and critically acclaimed memoir, Noonan shows us the world behind the words. Her sharp and vivid portraits of the Reagans, Bush, and a host of Washington&amp;#8217;s movers and shakers are rendered in inimitable, witty prose. And her priceless account of what it was like to be a speechwriter among bureaucrats, and a woman in the last bastion of male power, makes this a Washington memoir that breaks the mold&amp;#8212;as spirited, sensitive, and thoughtful as Peggy Noonan herself.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this book because Peggy Noonan (whom I'd never before read) is such a talented writer.  (The speechwriter wrote Reagan's speech the day of the Challenger Disaster and Bush the Elder's &quot;1,000 Points of Light&quot; speech, among others.) <br/><br/>Noonan's nearly stream-of-consciousness...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52953813">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If one day you teach contemporary American history, put, &quot;What I Saw at the Revolution,&quot; on a required reading list. Peggy Noonan's memoirs of her years as a speech writer for Pres. Ronald Reagan will delight students as well as give them an appreciation for the excitement and the delights...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69866805">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found it a little hard to make it through this book, primarily because the history in the book assumes knowledge of situations such as the Iran-contra affair and people such as Don Regan. And the memoir is very much a work of the late 1980s/early 1990s; I found myself wondering throughout how Noon...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1443134">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting book from a nice lady.  One disturbing aspect about Noonan's book and others about the Reagan administration is how disengaged Reagan was and all the infighting that went on during his administration. <br/><br/>I'll excerpt this book for my students to read as we prep for a meeting at ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63970457">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorites, which is surprising to most people because I'm not a Reagan fan.  But I love Peggy Noonan's writing style and the way she sums up her arguments.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is possibly my favorite non-fiction book.  Noonan's memoir of her time in the Reagan administration, and really about her life in general, is powerful, touching reading.  I find myself rereading bits now and again, occasionally pulling it out for an all-night reread when I need inspiration in m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17206977">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Noonan is a good writer and this book is at its best when she's focuses on the writing process and vocation rather than politics and Ronald Reagan. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked this firsthand account of what it was like to work in the White House.  The characters are fascinating, the politics are ugly, and the author is in top form telling tales that only she can tell.  Her fondness for Ronald Reagan and her belief in what he stood for definitely comes throu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9346297">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Though her politics, her insane desire for social progress to reverse, and her obvious antipathy for anyone with a college degree make me want to chop off my hands and bleed to death, this is still a useful, educational, and yes, witty and well written account of the Reagan White House - most partic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24261597">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As always, Peggy Noonan's books thoughtful, reflective, and honest. This one is no exception. She gives a unique insider's look into what it was like to work with one of America's most influential presidents.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[You know, Peggy Noonan is a pretty good writer. Her politics are weirdly misguided, but she can write a sentence. The worst thing about this book is her embarrassingly effusive love—nay, adoration—of Reagan.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This really gives a good idea of how it feels to work for a president and how it was to work for Reagan in particular.  I'm not conservative at all but I still enjoyed it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A bit outdated now, but Peggy Noonan, who was a speech writer for Ronald Reagan, writes a compelling and entertaining narrative about life in the White House.]]></body>
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