
Nancy
A Portrait of My Years with Nancy Reagan
Author: Michael Deaver
Narrator: Michael Deaver
Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 02/10/2004

Author: Michael Deaver
Narrator: Michael Deaver
Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: William Morrow
Published: 02/10/2004
Michael K. Deaver spent more than twenty years as one of Ronald Reagan's closest advisors in both Sacramento and Washington. In the White House, he served as assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff from January 1981 until May 1985. He currently serves as vice chairman, international, for Edelman Worldwide and executive vice president and director of corporate affairs for Edelman's Washington office. He lives with his wife Carolyn in Maryland.
[3 1/2 stars.] An intimate look at a complicated first lady, Nancy is a good, short biography of Nancy Reagan. It runs from cradle to present (at time of publication), though it leaves Nancy’s birth year somewhat in question. Mostly, Nancy is presented as fighter and protector of her husband’s legac......more
Michael Deaver is a long time Reagan staffer and he was the liaison between the Reagan staff and Nancy Reagan. Deaver states that Nancy Reagan had only one goal in life that was to support and protect Ronald Reagan. Deaver says her life was always about Ronnie. The first part of the book covers her e......more
This book was fine, but it's written by a friend of Nancy's and it really never loses that tone of, "oh, my friend, she's swell!" I'm looking forward to reading a more in-depth biography of the former first lady.......more
I really like Deaver's writing. I especially like that he tends to keep politics to a minimum in writing his biographies of the Reagans. I did find the swipes that he took at the Clintons annoying, but there weren't very many of those.......more
Read by the author with a soothing, easy-to-listen-to voice. Deaver reveals Nancy Reagan as a woman who loved her husband totally and whether she agreed with him or not. (She didn't want him to run for office.) She made it her goal to help him succeed. Deaver has always had a good relationship with he......more