Synopsis
A biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton which focuses on her childhood, education, work as a lawyer, and involvement in her husband's political career
Reviews
Grade 5-7-The life of Hillary Rodham Clinton vividly comes alive in this insightful and competently written biography. The readable and interesting narrative is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs that are placed in close proximity, but not specifically next to, the appropriate text. This failure in format makes it necessary to flip back and forth between picture and text. Also, quotes and sources are not documented. This exclusion is the book's major flaw.
April L. Judge, Jefferson Madison Regional Library, Charlottesville, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
The co-author of last year's Bill Clinton (1993) presents Hillary Rodham Clinton in the same clear, unadorned style, recounting the achievements of her school years and the numerous accomplishments of her adult life in a sort of resume enlivened with anecdotes and personal details. The information isn't sourced (it seems to be based on recent periodical literature, the media, and/or the seven recent titles listed ``For Further Reading''), but it's a thorough report on information in the public record, in a narrative that balances successes with their concomitant compromises and stresses. The health care plan is discussed briefly, but the book closes before its presentation to Congress. Admiring but not adulatory, an inspiring portrait that will make readers wonder what other offices this other hard- working, superbly qualified Clinton might one day be allowed to fill. Index. (Biography. 10+) -- Copyright ©1994, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Gr. 5-8. Boyd's biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton, a companion of sorts to Bill Clinton: President from Arkansas, written with Gene Martin and published by Tudor , will serve as a good introduction to our current First Lady. Different photographs appear in each book, and very little text has been duplicated. When an anecdote is reused, Boyd presents it somewhat differently. Although Boyd provides information about the First Lady's childhood, he focuses on her accomplishments as an adult, on the issues and controversies she has faced in her professional life and as the wife of a politician, and on her role in her husband's administration. It is clear that Boyd admires his subject, but he is not a fawning biographer: he reports the image problems she has had because of her decisions on various issues and also discusses criticism related to her appearance and to the use of her maiden name. Black-and-white photographs; contains a bibliography. Chris Sherman
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