The First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton – A Revealing Portrait of Ambition, Beliefs, and the Balance Between Public and Private

by Joyce Milton

nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Hillary Rodham Clinton has fascinated the nation since she became First Lady in 1992. In The First Partner, acclaimed biographer Joyce Milton goes beyond the headlines and offers real insight into Clinton's character, her values, and her career. nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Milton offrs new perspectives on the firestorms that have raged about Clinton, from the health-care fiasco to Whitewater to the Lewinsiky scandal. She also examines Clinton's attempts to reconcile a host of contradictions--feminist convictions in painful collision with family commitment; philosophical beliefs in conflict with political reality; the precarious balance between professional ambition, public image, and private life. Lively and evenhanded, this definitive biography is a revealing portrait of one of the most enigmatic women in politics.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

480 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Joyce Milton is the author of several noted juvenile biographies, as well as the prize-winning novel, Save the Loonies.

Reviews

[Petalyn Albert]

Heavily biased against the Clintons.

[Joann Glasser]

not sure who wanted to be president or who was

[Winnifred]

Excellent book about Hillary Rodham Clinton. Since she will undoubtedly be a Presidential candidate it should be required reading. This book reveals decades long shady, illegal and questionable activities during her life with her husband from college through his second term as president. This is a most unique woman who will stop at nothing in her ruthless quest for power.