{"product_id":"9780813550459","title":"Me, Governor?: My Life in the Rough-and-Tumble World of New Jersey Politics","description":"\u003cbr\u003eAnd so, a new chapter in the life of Richard J. Codey, an undertaker's son born and bred in the Garden State, began on the night of August 12, 2004--he knew from that point his life would never be the same . . . and it hasn't been. His memoir is a breezy, humorous, perceptive, and candid chronicle of local and state government from a man who lived among political movers and shakers for more than three decades. Codey became governor of New Jersey, succeeding James McGreevey, who resigned following a homosexual affair--a shattering scandal and set of circumstances that were bizarre, even for the home state of the Sopranos. At once a political autobiography, filled with lively, incisive anecdotes that record how Codey restored respectability and set a record for good politics and good government in a state so often tarnished, this is also the story about a man and his family.","brand":"Rivergate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011728982256,"sku":"9780813550459","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780813550459_p0.jpg?v=1763743566","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780813550459","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}