false 3994736 1 Loosely based on Porter Shreve's own childhood, WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS OURS is the atmospheric and captivating story of a family's struggle to stay together against great odds. <BR><BR>It's 1976, and while the country prepares to celebrate the bicentennial, Daniel Truitt's family is falling apart. His father, Pete, has been fired from yet another teaching job, and his mother, Valerie, is one step away from leaving for good. But when Pete lucks into a crumbling mansion in the nation's capital, he makes a bold plan to start a school under his own roof where students and teachers will be equals. <BR><BR>Replete with the wry humor, human insight and cultural resonance that characterizes Shreve's critically acclaimed fiction, WHEN THE WHITE HOUSE WAS OURS will be a joy to anyone whose family has lived through an idealistic time and ended up in an era of compromise. <BR><BR>Porter Shreve was born during the Lyndon Johnson administration, grew up in Washington, DC and has attended three presidential inaugurations: Carter '77, Clinton '93, and Clinton '97. In the 1970s his family started an alternative school called "Our House Is a Very, Very, Very Fine House," and some of When the White House Was Ours draws loosely from that experience. Shreve's first novel, The Obituary Writer, was a New York Times Notable Book, and his second, Drives Like a Dream, was a Chicago Tribune Book of the Year, among other honors. He lives with his wife, the writer Bich Minh Nguyen, in Chicago and West Lafayette, Indiana, where he directs the Creative Writing Program at Purdue University. 4040810 17 9 2008 When the White House Was Ours total:49|5:6|4:17|3:24|2:2|1:0| 49 174 82 20 3 0 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 04:53:29 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 19:05:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:45:15 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:45:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 07:26:25 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 03 21:41:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:57:45 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 17:53:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 19:27:58 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:15:30 -0800 2009 And early — stumbling look — at the sort of critical-thinking education we're seeing move into todays classrooms. But you definitely wanted to say, go get a job people....
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I guess my concern is that I didn't really like any of the characters. ...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 10:48:54 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 10:48:58 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 26 06:49:32 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 06:50:52 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:44:54 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:46:24 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 16 07:51:17 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 16 07:56:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:28:36 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:29:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:15:46 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 15:18:29 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 03:54:31 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:48:57 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 10:44:14 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:18:18 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Dec 29 08:08:25 -0800 2008 Fri Aug 21 19:44:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 06 21:02:21 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 14:47:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:31:43 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 18:02:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 25 06:00:22 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 18:39:31 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3994736