Hilary McGann
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I will say that a lot of the headlines
that have been generated around this book about the debate and dropping out of the election, they are maybe four chapters amongst about a 30, you know, so this is really looking at her experience as a first lady and obviously, you know, as a, the wife of somebody that was in politics for more than 50 years.
And so it is a very interesting book.
She talks about their son, Beau Biden dying in 2015 from brain cancer, talks about Hunter Biden's struggles with addiction.
It's a very,
In as far as I think she can be, it's as honest as she can be.
I think she truly believes what she is saying.
What is really interesting to me is that actually in the entire book, from my memory, President Trump's name is never mentioned.
He is always referred to as his opponent, which I thought was really interesting.
And another note that I don't think has gotten a lot of attention is that their marriage dynamic seems very interesting to me.
It seems like a marriage where they don't actually discuss
difficult topics.
And she kind of says that herself.
You know, when she was going through the menopause, they never discussed it.
When she had concerns about his health, she went to his doctors, not to him.
When it came to whether or not he was going to run for president in 2020, that was his decision and his decision alone.
I thought a lot of that was very, very interesting.
And another takeaway I thought was reading between the lines.
It's sometimes, you know, what somebody doesn't say in their book, Claire.
You definitely get a sense that