Nancy, Michael Deaver
Nancy, Michael Deaver
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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


Synopsis

Candid, moving and insightful, Nancy is the most personal look at Nancy Davis Reagan ever publishedNancy Davis Reagan has led an extraordinary life; it has also been an extraordinarily private one. Now Mike Deaver, whose relationship with Mrs. Reagan dates back to the1960s, shares the side of Nancy that only her intimates know.The woman portrayed in Nancy is far more complicated than the stereotype. No cardboard cutout, she is pure flesh and blood, a woman of immense will and fortitude. And in the Reagans' fifty-year marriage, Ron always received top billing. She is convinced that her husband was one of the great men of the twentieth century -- a rare world leader who changed the tide of history. Nancy has been no bit player in the story. Deaver believes that Reagan would not have risen to such distinction without Nancy at his side.Reluctantly drawn into politics, Nancy gradually embraced her role. To the president, Nancy Reagan would bring discipline. She would ask the tough questions. When his image might be tainted, she would fervently guard it, even at the expense of her own.To Ronald Reagan the man, who always had trouble expressing intimacy, Nancy gave the gift of her unrestricted love. Now to a man no longer capable of looking after himself, Nancy is everything there is left to be: caretaker, guardian, nurturer of the Reagan legacy.

About Michael Deaver

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jeff on July 24, 2025

[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

Goodreads review by Jean on January 20, 2015

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

Goodreads review by Kelly on February 22, 2009

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

Goodreads review by Fred on November 12, 2017

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

Goodreads review by Jim on August 12, 2016

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