{"product_id":"personal-history-a-memoir-9780375701047","title":"Personal History: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003cb\u003e- PULTIZER PRIZE WINNER \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e captivating inside story of the woman who helmed the\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of American media: the scandals of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this widely acclaimed memoir (\"Riveting, moving...a wonderful book\" \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review), \u003c\/i\u003eKatharine Graham tells her story--one that is extraordinary both for the events it encompasses and for the courage, candor, and dignity of its telling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here is the awkward child who grew up amid material wealth and emotional isolation; the young bride who watched her brilliant, charismatic husband--a confidant to John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson--plunge into the mental illness that would culminate in his suicide. And here is the widow who shook off her grief and insecurity to take on a president and a pressman's union as she entered the profane boys' club of the newspaper business. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As timely now as ever, \u003ci\u003ePersonal History\u003c\/i\u003e is an exemplary record of our history and of the woman who played such a shaping role within them, discovering her own strength and sense of self as she confronted--and mastered--the personal and professional crises of her fascinating life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKatharine Graham is fondly remembered as the powerful, longtime publisher of the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She died in 2001.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50641975771410,"sku":"9780375701047","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_56ed07c3-4569-4860-91de-f6bc344faac7.jpg?v=1733048710","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/personal-history-a-memoir-9780375701047","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}