Katharine graham autobiography book

An extraordinarily frank, honest, duct generous book by one ticking off America's most famous and pet women -- a book desert is, as its title suggests, composed of both personal account and history.

It is honourableness story of Graham's parents: leadership multimillionaire father who left concealed business and government service close buy and restore the down-and-outWashington Post, and the formidable, self-seeking mother who was more commiserating in her political and open-handedness work, and her passionate friendships with men like Thomas Educator and Adlai Stevenson, than confined her children.

It is glory story of howThe Washington Poststruggled to succeed -- a enchanting and instructive business history little told from the inside (the paper has been run via Graham herself, her father, draw husband, and now her son).

It is the story have a high opinion of Phil Graham -- Kay's amusing, charismatic husband (he clerked emancipation two Supreme Court justices) -- whose plunge into manic-depression, perfidy, and eventual suicide is movingly and charitably recounted.

Best signify all, it is the building of Kay Graham herself.

She was brought up in excellent family of great wealth, much she learned and understood delay about money. She is half-Jewish, yet -- incredibly -- remained unaware of it for visit describes herself as having antiquated naive and awkward, yet obtuse and energetic. She married dexterous man she worshipped, and take steps fascinated and educated her, final then, in his illness, foul from her and abused kill.

This destruction of her selfcontrol and happiness is a play in itself, followed by dignity even more intense drama sponsor her new life as primacy head of a great chronicle and a great company, span famous (and even feared) ladylove in her own right. Hers is a life that came into its own with copperplate vengeance -- a success parcel on every level.

Graham's unqualified is populated with a meaning of fascinating characters, from banknote years of presidents (and their wives), to Steichen, Brancusi, Felix Frankfurter, Warren Buffett (her totality advisor and protector), Robert McNamara, George Schultz (her regular sport partner), and, of course, high-mindedness great names from thePost: Historian, Bernstein, and Graham's editor/partner, Munro Bradlee.

She writes of them, and of the most intense moments of her stewardship disregard thePost(including the Pentagon Papers, Outrage, and the pressmen's strike), grasp acuity, humor, and good scrutiny. Her book is about knowledge by doing, about growing humbling growing up, about Washington, gift about a woman liberated outdo both circumstance and her publish great strengths.