The Tide Always Comes Back: And Other Irrefutable Truths and Assurances

by Jean Carnahan Senator

Jean Carnahan was the first lady of Missouri when her husband, Governor Mel Carnahan, who was running for the U.S. Senate, and their son, were killed in a plane crash. When Mel Carnahan was elected posthumously (beating John Ashcroft), Jean agreed to take his seat in Washington and served in the U.S. Senate during 9/11, the anthrax attacks, and the vote to go to war in Iraq. During a time of intense and almost unimaginable personal loss, she managed to keep her head up and her heart open and worked diligently for her constituents and for the country. Her upbeat attitude is truly a lesson to us all.

Carnahan, in the public sphere most recently as she campaigned for President Barack Obama, is a skillful writer. A cross between Molly Ivins and Maria Shriver, she brings her tales about aging, change, strengthening the family, history, politics, and language to the page with a plainspoken, wise humor that is pure pleasure and genuinely uplifting. The Tide Always Comes Back is the kind of practical inspirational gift book that word-of-mouth could turn into a wonderful, evergreen book.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2009

Reviews

[Vicki Jaeger · Rating 1 out of 5]

Well, we all know how I feel about nonfiction. *yawn* I picked this up during a night of insomnia, and the good news for me is that it lulled me to sleep. Not the best review for the book however. (Needless to say, I didn't finish.)

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

?I truly enjoyed this book and her insights into family, thought and behavior. Plus the title says it all- no matter what may happen from day to day- the tide always comes back