New Novel Ladies A Conjecture of Personalities Has First Ladies Writing Their Own Stories



April 23 2005 If you've ever wondered what the old First Ladies were like - the ones from Martha Washington through Mamie Eisenhower then you'll get an earful with Ladies A Conjecture of Personalities Ladies A Conjecture... is a book of voices First Ladies between Martha Washington and Mamie Eisenhower tell their own stories - or to be more exact whatever they want - in their own words and in their own styles It crosses boundaries between fact conjecture and most importantly centuries Through dialogueboxes the Ladies talk to each other across Eternity where anything is possible The Modern First Ladies from Mrs Kennedy through Mrs Clinton participate in commentary According to the author Feather Schwartz Foster of Scotch Plains NJ The old gals talk to the reader and they talk amongst themselves They talk about their husbands and their children and the White House and the times they lived in And of course politics It's not just the stories of their lives - it's an opening into what they were like as people They were definitely not the 'nonentities' that history usually calls them Author Feather Schwartz Foster has been an amateur presidential historian for three decades Following a long career in advertising and having written a score of children's musical shows she has decided to draw on her thousandvolume personal presidential library and her love of history by penning Ladies A Conjecture... Of course 'Ladies...' is a work of fiction says Foster After all it is truly a conjecture of their personalities But it is all based on the facts of their lives the lives of their husbands and the times they lived in Most biographies of First Ladies are dull - full of 'almanac stuff' This books livens things up - especially when the Ladies cross the centuries through Eternity and talk to each other Did George and Martha Washington really love each other Why did Calvin Coolidge choose not to run for reelection What was 21yearold Frances Cleveland thinking on her wedding night to the 300lb President more than 25 years her senior Did Edith Wilson really run the country during her husband's illness Louisa Adams talks about her demanding motherinlaw Abigail Mary Lincoln talks about her life as a widow Edith Roosevelt and Nellie Taft indulge in their mutual dislike and distrust - all in their own voices They offer insights into their accomplishments and their regrets and their own individual perceptions of history And the Modern First Ladies join in the fun It's chatty It's catty It's fun It's informative It's a mustread for anyone interested in history Ladies A Conjecture of Personalities is 255pages published by PublishAmerica of Baltimore MD and retails for $2195 ISBN 1592863612 It is available at wwwamazoncom wwwbncom or directly from the publisher at wwwpublishamericacom Or visit the author's webpage at wwwauthorsdencomfeatherschwartzfoster



New Novel Ladies A Conjecture of Personalities Has First Ladies Writing Their Own Stories