As a frequent guest columnist for The New York Times, Patti Davis has distinguished herself as a contemporary storyteller. Far from being the enfant terrible she was once portrayed to be, Davis here turns an honest yet empathetic eye toward her parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, combining bittersweet recollections—of her father, the eternal lifeguard, who saved 77 people from drowning yet failed to create a coherent AIDS policy, and of her mother, who never escaped the torture chamber of her own youth—with comedic scenes as if plucked from a sitcom as she describes marrying her yoga instructor at the Hotel Bel-Air, hiding her marijuana stash from the FBI and constantly evading the Secret Service. An inherently wise work about a family finally reunited through Ronald Reagan’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, Dear Mom and Dad will be readily appreciated by any adult grappling with the legacy of a troubled childhood.
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Dear Mom and Dad 9781324093480 Hardback
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Dear Mom and Dad by Patti Davis
This is a heart wrenching personal detective story. A daughter examines and reflects upon memories, old photographs and home movie footage in her quest to discover the reasons for the disconnect in her family especially with her mother. This is her attempt to find healing for the years of neglected …
This is a heart wrenching personal detective story. A daughter examines and reflects upon memories, old photographs and home movie footage in her quest to discover the reasons for the disconnect in her family especially with her mother. This is her attempt to find healing for the years of neglected contact.
- Authors:
- Davis, Patti
- Year Published:
- 2024
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781324093480
- Number of Pages:
- 192
- Publication Date:
- 19/03/2024
- Publisher:
- WW Norton & Co
- Place of Publication:
- New York
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781324093480