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OverviewCondoleezza Rice has excelled as a diplomat, political scientist, and concert pianist. Her achievements run the gamut from helping to oversee the collapse of communism in Europe and the decline of the Soviet Union, to working to protect the country in the aftermath of 9-11, to becoming only the second woman - and the first black woman ever -- to serve as Secretary of State. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Condoleezza RicePublisher: Crown Archetype Imprint: Crown Archetype Dimensions: Width: 16.70cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.90cm Weight: 0.617kg ISBN: 9780307587879ISBN 10: 0307587878 Pages: 342 Publication Date: 12 October 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews[Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child's pain...full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities...[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office - which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor - lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave. <br>-- Wall Street Journal <br> Surprisingly engrossing...One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth. <br>-- Daily Beast<br> <br> Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and]sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth. <br>-- USA Today <br> An origins story...teeming with fascinating detail. <br>-- New York Times <br> A thrilling, inspiring life of achiev [R]ecords a thrilling, inspiring life of achievement. <br> —Publishers Weekly <br> Looking for a blow-by-blow account of Condoleezza Rice’s years as George W. Bush’s secretary of state? You would do well to find one of the many Rice biographies already on the shelves. In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama. <br> —Bookpage [Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child's pain...full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities...[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office - which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor - lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Wall Street Journal@lt;/i@gt;@lt;br@gt;@lt;br@gt; @lt;b@gt;Surprisingly engrossing...@lt;/b@gt;One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt;Daily Beast@lt;br@gt;@lt;/i@gt; @lt;br@gt;@lt;b@gt; Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and]@lt;/b@gt;@lt;b@gt;sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth@lt;/b@gt;. @lt;br@gt;--@lt;i@gt; [Features] prose so spare it lays bare a child's pain...full of raw vignettes, episodes that should jolt our post-racial sensibilities...[The book shows that] the key to Rice's composure in office - which was a mix of womanly grace and analytical rigor - lies in the manner in which she was raised. In this, America owes a debt to John and Angelena Rice, parents extraordinarily pushy, parents extraordinarily brave. <br>-- Wall Street Journal <br><br> Surprisingly engrossing...One senses a romantic softness at the core of the steely woman Americans met during her years of public service. Rice's reverence of her parents is touching, as is her abiding love for the Titusville of her youth. <br>-- Daily Beast<br> <br> Pays tribute to the people who truly shaped her [and]sets the record straight on aspects of her life that often flirt with myth. <br>-- USA Today <br> <br> An origins story...teeming with fascinating detail. <br>-- New York Times <br> <br> A thrilling, inspiring life of achievement. <br> --Publishers Weekly <br> <br> A frank, poignant and loving portrait of a familythat maintained its closeness through cancer, death, career ups and downs, and turbulent change inAmerican society. <br> --Booklist <br> <br> Vivid and heartfelt writing...Rice's graceful memoir is a personal, multigenerational look into her own, and our country's, past...Highly recommended. <br> --Library Journal <br><br> In this remarkably clear-eyed and candid autobiography, Rice focuses instead on her fascinating coming-of-age during the stormy civil rights years in Birmingham, Alabama. <br>-- Bookpage Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |