Laura Bush's autobiography, "Spoken From the Heart," begins promisingly enough for anyone hoping to penetrate that surface.
The tale of the onetime school librarian from Midland, Texas, who married the town's "most eligible bachelor,'' and became the first lady of Texas and then the nation should be a wide-ranging account -- arriving in Washington as one who first shunned the limelight, Bush, during her husband's two terms, gradually assumed a greater role as an ambassador at home and abroad, traveling from Afghanistan to Africa.
With "a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists,'' as the reviewer at the Bush-Cheney Alumni Association explains it this morning, "Mrs. Bush tells the story of her unique path from Midland, Texas, to the world stage and the White House. Laura Bush's compassion, sense of humor, grace, and uncommon willingness to bare her heart make this book deeply revealing, surprisingly candid, and beautifully rendered.
"Spoken from the Heart is unlike any other First Lady's memoir ever written.''
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