From the White House to the White Cross: Confessions of a TV News Correspondent

by Peggy Stanton

"Storytelling is deeply embedded in my DNA," says Peggy Stanton, who served ABC-TV as its first female news correspondent in Washington, DC, in the 1960s. Opening up the journals Stanton kept for decades, especially while traveling the world with her husband, Congressman Bill Stanton, From the White House to the White Cross offers an entertaining and revealing glimpse into a storied world of glitz and glamor, featuring A-listers from Julie Andrews and Charlton Heston to Lyndon Johnson, Fidel Castro, and Salvador Dali. Stanton's perspective - and life - change unexpectedly during a visit to Medjugorje, where, in her words, "the Master attempts to chisel a poor piece of clay into what he intended her to be." Her dramatic conversion from "a cultural Catholic to a committed Catholic" opens a new chapter in a life filled with adventure, opportunity, and service.

Genres: Biography Memoir

309 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 3, 2022

Reviews

[Max. R · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great,

It provides a different historical view of politics. With most commentary bit people tend to keep with the public's view of things, with this memoir we see the more nuanced view of the white house and how a person close to the president would see things. Peggy has a great way of showing how a self styled Catholic could be building barriers instead of accepting the truth. Her transformation in Medjugorje is profound as before we see her as a more physical Catholic that would say "let the professionals do it." As opposed to her new spiritual and loving form that would now put the matter into her own hands. The biography goes into the deep end real quick. It has a way of going slow and then overwhelming you. I guess that's life.

[Nancy Turco · Rating 5 out of 5]

Author speaks of her faith renewal especially when she visited Medjugorje. Her account of meeting Saint Teresa of Calcutta was most inspiring.