Bill Clinton remains the great American enigma. This title unravels the mystery of Clinton's complex nature by questioning the well-crafted Clinton life story we thought we knew. It puts our 42nd President on the couch and tells us, finally, what makes him tick.
Bill Clinton remains the great American enigma. John Gartner, a practicing psychologist, unravels the mystery of Clinton's complex nature by questioning the well-crafted Clinton life story we thought we knew. Travelling through Arkansas, Gartner uncovered long-held secrets about Clinton's wild and seductive mother, Virginia Kelley, the truth surrounding Clinton's birth and how Kelley's character set the tone for Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky. He considers Clinton's two fathers and how they might have contributed to his self-destructive nature and looks afresh at Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to see in her the figure of Edith Cassidy, Clinton's stern grandmother who set limits on him at an early age. "In Search Of Bill Clinton" puts our 42nd President on the couch for the first time and tells us, finally, what makes him tick.
“"John Gartner's new book In Search of Bill Clinton will, I think, help solve the riddle of the forty-second President. Written with lucidity, humor, compassion and amazing insight, it is a tour de force that not only helps explain one of the smartest yet complex men of our time, but shines a fascinating spotlight onto the problem of the super-gifted individual in our society. Compulsively readable." -- Nigel Hamilton author of Bill Clinton: An American Journey and Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency "Gartner reminds us why this complex figure still fascinates." -- Publishers Weekly "Gartner combines psychological biography and journalism in this probing look at one of our most fascinating presidents." -- Booklist "John D. Gartner chose wisely. It's hard to think of someone whose life has provided more fodder for a psychological biography than former President Bill Clinton." -- Time "Captivating...brings real insight - and an investigative journalist's doggedness - to the subject...Gartner exhaustively and engagingly catalogues the psychic twists and turns of Clinton's childhood" -- NY Post”
"Captivating...Gartner, a psychologist at Johns Hopkins Medical School...brings real insight - and an investigative journalist's doggedness - to the subject." - The New York Post."
JOHN GARTNER is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology at The Johns Hopkins University.
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