Anne Michaud

Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives (First Edition) (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

'Why They Stay' explores the possible reasoning and motivation of wives who stay after their politician-husbands cheat. Hillary Clinton couldn't have known in 1998 how her husband's high-profile philandering would play out. Would he be rehabilitated in the public eye? She couldn't be sure, but she took the gamble. Had she left the marriage, today she might be the spurned wife of a retired politician instead of the first American woman to run for president on a major party ticket. Looking back on the path chosen by the nine political wives profiled in this book, we have the evidence to see a pattern as old as the dynastic maneuverings of England's medieval queens. The women married to the 'royalty' of our times, politicians, make similar cold calculations in order to hold onto their 'thrones' and their family's history-making potential. After covering politicians for decades, acclaimed columnist Anne Michaud switched her gaze to the women behind the cheating men. Drawing from multiple sources that span the Roosevelts' marriage to the more recent scandal involving Hillary Clinton's closest aide Huma Abedin (wife of sexter, Anthony Weiner), 'Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Nine Political Wives' argues that when it comes to the 'power behind the throne,' women in the limelight weigh the risks and rewards. They remain loyal to their men, because of complex, often unconscious forces. From mapping a path to power to laudable notions of holding the family together, Michaud examines the uniquely challenging Faustian bargains that political wives grapple with, even as the public spotlight illuminates their every move.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anne Michaud
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781005934255
• Artikelnr.: 70442219

Autorenporträt

A veteran political journalist, Anne is an assistant managing editor for Crain's New York Business. She previously reported for The Wall Street Journal and wrote a nationally syndicated op-ed column for Newsday. She has won more than 25 writing and reporting awards and has twice been named "Columnist of the Year," by the New York News Publishers Association and the New York State Associated Press Association.

Anne covered Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election campaign, Anthony Weiner's 2005 mayoral bid and Eliot Spitzer's rise and fall as New York's governor from 2006 to 2008. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Newsweek, BusinessWeek.com, Crain's NY Business, Cincinnati Magazine and more.

Anne has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show, NY1's Reporters' Roundtable and Fox 5 News WNYW. She's a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. For more information about Anne and her career, visit annemichaud.com.