A Woman in Charge

The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton

By: Carl Bernstein

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Carl Bernstein’s stunning portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton shows us, as nothing
else has, the true trajectory of her life and career with its zigzag bursts of risks taken and safety sought. Marshaling all the skills and energy that propelled his history-making Pulitzer Prize reporting on Watergate, Bernstein gives us the most detailed, sophisticated, comprehensive, and revealing account we have had of the complex human being and political meteor who has already helped define one presidency and may well become, herself, the woman in charge of another.
In his preparation for A Woman in Charge, Bernstein reexamined everything pertinent written about and by Hillary Clinton. He interviewed some two hundred of her colleagues, friends, and enemies and was allowed unique access to the candid record of the 1992 presidential campaign kept by Hillary’s best friend, Diane Blair. He has given us an audiobook that enables us, at last, to address the questions Americans are insistently–even obsessively–asking about Hillary Clinton: What is her character? What is her political philosophy? Who is she? What can we expect of her?

As she decides to run for president, her husband now her valued aide, she has one more chance to fulfill her ambition for herself–to change the world.©2007 Carl Bernstein; (P)2007 Books on Tape

The woman

I really loved this book. I think she is really under rated. It made me see what type of background she came from and the live and loves she had with Bill. This is by far one of my top 10 books..

Short review of the book "A Woman in Charge"

The narrator was really quite good, but I think I might preferred a woman narrator. Her story is interesting, but not exciting enough for the length of the book. This book helped me keep my high opinion of Hillary during a time when she was being unfairly maligned.

Interesting, Enlightening---if it's true

What made the experience of listening to A Woman in Charge the most enjoyable?

Quite an account of her life, thoughts and actions. I'm always a bit wary of these biography type books. How accurate and real are they. But, even if only some is true, it is quite interesting all the things that we thought we knew but really didn't know at all. Hillary R Clinton is a remarkable woman who has made good and bad decisions. It was worth the read...if you are interested.

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Woman in Charge?

when her old friend that she had sort of abandoned, in my opinion, committed suicide.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

NO! Way too much to take in.

More about Bill, White Water, and Monica than Hillary

This book wasn't exactly what I expected. I throughly enjoyed the first few hours when the author spoke primarily about Hillary's upbringing and her high school through law school years. The Arkansas years were also pretty interesting, but after the Clinton's made it to the White House in 1992, the author seemed consumed with primarily talking about the White Water investigation and then the Monica Lewinsky scandal and barely touched on Hillary's time a senator before her 2008 campaign. Not exactly what I expected and couldn't decide if I wanted to give it a 3 or a 4 star.

Hillary & Bill, the good the bad and the ugly

This book walked me through Bill & Hillary's difficult years of their lives in Washington. I feel like I know what motivates both of them much better. Their intelligence & work ethic to make life better for all of us is heroic. Their weaknesses are those of mortals. I now know more about both of them worts and all. I'm very glad I read this book.