Personal History (Women in History)
 

Personal History

by Katherine Graham

In lieu of an unrevealing Famous-People-I-Have-Known autobiography, the owner of the Washington Post has chosen to be remarkably candid about the insecurities prompted by remote parents and a difficult marriage to the charismatic, manic-depressive Phil Graham, who ran the newspaper her father acquired. Katharine's account of her years as subservient daughter and wife is so painful that by... (read more)

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I'm planning to become Katherine Graham, without the money, power, or alcoholic husband.

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I didn't enjoy this book at all. I found her writing style very dull. I didn't even finish it.

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