Character

by Gail Sheehy

Assesses the leadership qualities of Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, Bob Dole, George Bush, Al Gore, Mike Dukakis, and Ronald Reagan

Genres: Politics

311 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Gail Sheehy is an American writer and lecturer, most notable for her books on life and the life cycle. She is also a contributor to the magazine Vanity Fair.

Her fifth book, Passages, has been called "a road map of adult life". Several of her books continue the theme of passages through life's stages, including menopause and what she calls "Second Adulthood", including Pathfinders, Spirit of Survival, and Menopause: The Silent Passage. Her latest book, Sex and the Seasoned Woman, reveals a hidden cultural phenomenon: a surge of vitality in women's sex and love lives after age fifty. She has also authored a biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton titled Hillary's Choice. Her novel Middletown, America is being adapted as a TV miniseries. (from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Carmen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book about the character of the candidates for the 1988 presidential election. She liked Al Gore the best!