The President's Wife

by Tracey Enerson Wood Narrated by Libby McKnight

Overview

The incredible story of the First Lady who clandestinely assumed the presidency
Socialite Edith Bolling has been in no hurry to find a new husband since she was widowed, preferring to fill her days with good friends and travel. But the enchanting courting of President Woodrow Wilson wins Edith over, and she becomes the First Lady of the United States. The position
is uncomfortable for the fiercely independent Edith, but she's determined to rise to the challenges of her new marriage-from the bloodthirsty press to the shadows of the First World War.
Warming to her new role, Edith is soon indispensable to her husband's presidency. She replaces the staff that Woodrow finds distracting and discusses policy with him daily.
Throughout the war, she encrypts top-secret messages and, despite lacking formal education, becomes an important adviser. When peace talks begin in Europe, she attends at Woodrow's side. But just as the critical fight to ratify the treaty to end the war and create a League of Nations
in order to prevent another is underway, Woodrow's alwaysdelicate health takes a dramatic turn for the worse. In her determination to preserve both his progress and his reputation, Edith all but assumes the presidency herself.
Now, Edith must contend with the demands of a tumultuous country, the secrets of Woodrow's true condition, and the potentially devastating consequences of her failure. At once sweeping and intimate, The President's Wife is an astonishing portrait of a courageous First Lady and the
sacrifices she made to protect her husband and her country at all costs.

Editorial Reviews

NOVEMBER 2023 - AudioFile

Libby McKnight elegantly narrates a fictionalized history of the courtship and marriage of widow Edith Bolling Galt and the 28th U.S. president, widower Woodrow Wilson. McKnight delivers the deeply personal exchanges between the couple with a perfect understanding of the exquisitely romantic Wilson and the uncertain Galt. This period piece culls from official documents and numerous personal letters, creating a portrait of two well-intentioned souls who faced partisan politics, impending war, racism, and women's suffrage. McKnight doesn't miss the irony of Edith's advising Woodrow on world affairs when women didn't yet have the right to vote. In this true love story, McKnight humanizes the Wilsons and their tenuous times with subtlety and eloquence. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940159678157
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	08/15/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	808,629

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