In lieu of an unrevealing Famous-People-I-Have-Known autobiography, the owner of the Washington Post has chosen to be remarkably candid about the insecurities prompted by remote parents and a difficult marriage to the charismatic, manic-depressive Phil Graham, who ran the newspaper her father acquired. Katharine's account of her years as subservient daughter and wife is so painful that by the time she finally asserts herself at the Post following Phil's suicide in 1963 (more than halfway through the book), readers will want to cheer. After that, Watergate is practically an anticlimax.
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purpledeb (USA: CT) (2007/07/02): This was actually a "text book" that I picked up at the campus store even though I had not signed up for its associated course. It was my summer-reading a few year ago and could not put it down. It is a great book about a great newspaper and the woman who, without any experience, succeeding in taking over the 'family' business. Except that this family business just happened to be the Washington Post. A wonderfully inspiring story about a great woman. I highly recommend it.
