. . . and His Lovely Wife
. . . and His Lovely Wife: A Memoir from the Woman Beside the Man Connie Schultz,
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1400065739
DDC: 324.9771044
Edition: Hardcover; 2007-06-19
Summary:
The first time I heard it, I laughed.Oh, come on, I thought. He
didn’t just say that.We were at a restaurant in southern Ohio, where
a hundred or so Democrats and a handful of young campaign workers had
gathered to hear my husband, Sherrod Brown, announce for the seventh
time in two days why he was running for the United States Senate. The
party chairman of the county stood up at the lectern and in a loud,
booming voice, introduced “Congressman Sherrod Brown–and his lovely
wife.”By Week 40 of the campaign, I had been introduced that way
nearly a hundred times. I stopped counting once we hit the 50 marker.
I knew I was not the point at these gatherings, and I was so proud of
the man who was.Also, I realized I was getting cranky about something
I could not change. If I couldn’t rely on a sense of humor, I was in
for one long year on the campaign trail.Writing with her trademark
warmth, wit, and common sense, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist
Connie Schultz reveals the rigors, adrenaline joys, and absolute
madness of a new marriage at midlife and campaigning with her
husband, now the junior senator from Ohio. She describes the chain of
events leading up to Sherrod’s decision to campaign for Senate (he
would not run without his wife’s unequivocal support) in a state
where no Democrat had won statewide office for twelve years. She
writes about the moment her friends in the press became not so
friendly; the constant campaign demands on her marriage and family
life; a personal tragedy that came out of the blue. She gives us a
candid behind-the-scenes look at the often ludicrous trials and
tribulations of being an opinionated columnist, a political wife, and
a newly married woman in her forties, and the rigors of political
life: audacious bloggers, ruthless adversaries, campaign fatigue,
political divas, the no-small-planes agreement, and staffers young
enough to be her children suddenly directing her and her husband’s
every move.Filled with eye-opening revelations about the election
process, . .. and His Lovely Wife illuminates through one woman’s
story a marriage, our political system, our working lives, and our
nation. Connie Schultz is outspoken, passionate, and very public
about her opinions–in other words, every political consultant’s
nightmare, and every reader’s dream.
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