The tide always comes back and other irrefutable truths and assurances

Senator Jean Carnahan

ISBN 10: 1602397449 / ISBN 13: 9781602397446

Published by skyhorse publishing, New York, NY, 2009

About this Item

VG/VG, used, x-xvi, 182pp Interior clean, no marks except authors inscription and signature on the half-title page, binding tight. Slight shelf rubbing to dj, no chips, small tear to top edge of the lower near spine, dj is not price-clipped. Seller Inventory # 031566

Bibliographic Details

Title: The tide always comes back and other ...

Publisher: skyhorse publishing, New York, NY

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Jean Carnahan was the first lady of Missouri when her husband, Governor Mel Carnahan, who was running for the U.S. Senate, and their son, were killed in a plane crash. When Mel Carnahan was elected posthumously (beating John Ashcroft), Jean agreed to take his seat in Washington and served in the U.S. Senate during 9/11, the anthrax attacks, and the vote to go to war in Iraq. During a time of intense and almost unimaginable personal loss, she managed to keep her head up and her heart open and worked diligently for her constituents and for the country. Her upbeat attitude is truly a lesson to us all.

Carnahan, in the public sphere most recently as she campaigned for President Barack Obama, is a skillful writer. A cross between Molly Ivins and Maria Shriver, she brings her tales about aging, change, strengthening the family, history, politics, and language to the page with a plainspoken, wise humor that is pure pleasure and genuinely uplifting. The Tide Always Comes Back is the kind of practical inspirational gift book that word-of-mouth could turn into a wonderful, evergreen book.

About the Author:

Senator Jean Carnahan served as U.S. Senator in Washington, D.C. for two years, where she was a leading advocate for working families. Her first bill, the Quality Classrooms Act, was included in the No Child Behind Act by the senate. Both her son and daughter hold government positions. Carnahan, who heads up the Web site firedupmissouri.com, lives in St. Louis, Missouri.