{"product_id":"9781936003488","title":"Bill \u0026 Hillary: So This Is That Thing Called Love","description":"On the campus of Yale University, in 1970, an “odd couple,” Hillary\u003cbr\u003eRodham and Bill (“Bubba”) Clinton, came together at a Mark Rothko\u003cbr\u003eexhibit at the Yale Art Museum. Before the end of that rainy afternoon,\u003cbr\u003ethey had formed an unbreakable bond forged while they rested on the\u003cbr\u003eseat of a Henry Moore sculpture.\u003cbr\u003eThey were from completely different worlds—he, a populist from a\u003cbr\u003epoverty-stricken background in Arkansas; she, a former “Goldwater\u003cbr\u003eGirl” and conservative Republican gradually moving into the liberal\u003cbr\u003ecamp.\u003cbr\u003eAs he sat beside her, holding her hand, she gazed into the eyes of this\u003cbr\u003e210-pound, orange-bearded “Viking,” tall and scruffy looking, with\u003cbr\u003ean Elvis drawl. He’d later jokingly claim, “I identified with Elvis since\u003cbr\u003eboth of us had hillbilly peckers.”\u003cbr\u003eFreshly emerged from Wellesley College, with its “coven of lesbians,”\u003cbr\u003eshe was a budding feminist—pimply faced, wearing no makeup but\u003cbr\u003ewith Mr. Magoo eyeglasses, and walking around on chubby legs. He\u003cbr\u003ehad all the pretty women he wanted. What he was looking for was a\u003cbr\u003ewoman with a “sense of strength and self-possession—all in all, that\u003cbr\u003eafternoon, I knew I’d found my Evita.”\u003cbr\u003eHe confided to her that since the age of seven, he had only one abiding\u003cbr\u003eambition—and that was to be the President of the United States. He\u003cbr\u003epromised her, “If elected, I will pave the way for you to become the\u003cbr\u003efirst woman president. You can follow after my administration.” He\u003cbr\u003eheld out the prospect of making her the most powerful woman on the\u003cbr\u003eplanet. As she recalled, “I was giddy with emotion.”\u003cbr\u003eTheir trail to the White House began in Arkansas, with Hillary helping\u003cbr\u003edirect her sex-crazed Bubba into the governor’s seat. “With my backup,\u003cbr\u003ehe pursued his dream while I was also chasing a dream of my own.\u003cbr\u003eWomen can dream harder than any man—in fact, being what they are,\u003cbr\u003eI don’t understand why women don’t turn lesbian.”\u003cbr\u003eThrough the tides of the wars to come, both Hillary and Bill learned\u003cbr\u003ethat love was a creature of many faces, with ever-changing rules and\u003cbr\u003ecompromises on the road to their horizon. Often threatening divorce,\u003cbr\u003eshe remained at his side, interpreting his affairs as minor annoyances.\u003cbr\u003eOn their stormy seas, they sailed through triumph and tragedy,\u003cbr\u003esetbacks and comebacks, the good years and the bad ones, bimbo\u003cbr\u003eeruptions, serial infidelities, near bankruptcy with crippling legal\u003cbr\u003ebills, impeachment, the stockpiling of post-Presidential millions, and\u003cbr\u003esurviving vitriolic scorn that rivaled that of Dr. Goebbels against the\u003cbr\u003eJews. They faced maddening failures and stunning achievements, their\u003cbr\u003elove and loyalty enduring through hurricane winds.\u003cbr\u003eShe was at his side as the sex-crazed Arkansas Bubba became the\u003cbr\u003enotorious “Slick Willie,” eventually morphing into one of the world’s most admired senior statesmen.","brand":"Blood Moon Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162344505584,"sku":"9781936003488","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936003488_p0.jpg?v=1763657978","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936003488","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}