Thoul wrote:This book seems to have a very defensive tone. Maybe it's just the way it is being presented in the article, but almost every quote provided is about defending herself or her husband from their critics. I can't imagine how such a book would make for enjoyable reading.
It always amazes me how different people can read the same article and get totally different perspectives from it. But, that's life, I guess.
Speaking for myself, I didn't feel a defensive tone from it, but thinking on it, I can sort of understand why it might sound that way. In my opinion, she wasn't being defensive but rather she was only trying to tell her opinion or version of the way things were, and perhaps trying to tell or explain the true turn of events, etc., as they occurred. In this, as in almost everything else, there is probably more than one side to every story and every side should be heard, including hers. I know I want to hear what she has to say as I've certainly heard enough of what the critics have to say from watching tv and other news, etc.
Also, I think the book will have more on her personal life and things that have happened to her before politics, etc., and I think that should be interesting to read. Mrs. Bush was always very well loved and respected while she was First Lady, sometimes even more so than her husband. Just my
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