The Woman at the Washington Zoo Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate

by Williams, Marjorie

• ISBN13: 9781586484576
• ISBN10: 1586484575
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-24
• Publisher: PublicAffairs

Summary

Memoir/Politics

Author Biography

Marjorie Williams was born in Princeton, NJ in 1958 and died in 2005. She is survived by her husband, Timothy Noah, senior writer at Slate, who edited this volume, and her children, Alice and Will.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
PART 1: PROFILES
Protocol
Archie and Lucky Roosevelt	3	(9)
The Philanthropist
Gwendolyn Cafritz	12	(18)
The Pragmatist
Richard Darman	30	(25)
The Wife
Barbara Bush	55	(22)
The Rainmaker
Vernon Jordan	77	(22)
The Hack
Tony Coelho	99	(19)
The Sibling
Jeb Bush	118	(14)
Scenes from a Marriage
Bill Clinton and Al Gore	132
PART 2: ESSAYS
Makeup and Ms.	155	(5)
Reader, I Married	160	(6)
Persuasion	166	(4)
Why Character Matters in Politics	170	(11)
Thank You, Clarence Thomas	181	(4)
The Princess Puzzle	185	(4)
Entomophobia	189	(7)
The Alchemist	196	(13)
In Conversation	209	(11)
Bill Clinton, Feminist	220	(14)
Why Parents Still Matter	234	(6)
Flying to L.A.	240	(8)
A Second Thought on Assisted Suicide	248	(2)
The Cat Race	250	(3)
Grandparents' Rights	253	(3)
The Parent Rap	256	(3)
The Art of the Fake Apology	259	(3)
Real Complicated	262	(3)
Dying for Dollars	265	(3)
Do Parents Suffer Discrimination?	268	(3)
The Political Wife, RIP	271	(3)
The Widow's Mandate	274	(3)
Uriah Heep Goes to Washington	277	(3)
Run for Your Life	280	(9)
A Woman's Place Is at the Bar	289	(3)
Mommy at Her Desk	292	(3)
Liar, Liar	295	(3)
The Heart-Full Dodger	298	(2)
A Working Mom's Comedy	300	(2)
A Woman Who Knew Her Due	302	(5)
PART 3: TIME AND CHANCE
Hit by Lightning: A Cancer Memoir	307	(33)
Telling the Real, Real Truth	340	(3)
The Random Death of Our Sense of Ease	343	(3)
The Doctor Factor	346	(3)
The Halloween of My Dreams	349	(3)
Acknowledgments	352	(4)
Rights and Permissions	356	(1)
Index	357