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Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life (2009)

by Bill Minutaglio(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1586487175 (ISBN13: 9781586487171)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

PublicAffairs

review 1: I had forgotten Molly was from Houston and how much she disliked George Bush. She grew up in Houston while I was growing up in Dallas. She was the daughter of wealth and power; went to St. John's school in Houston and lived in River Oaks; the best of the best neighborhoods. Her father was the chief lawyer for Tenneco Oil and a powerful man in his own right. She used her pen to attack the conservatives (Bush family) she didn't like. I enjoyed the book mainly because I was familiar with so many of the people and places mentioned in it. Molly did battle alcohol and cancer and like Wasserstein died early.
review 2: Anyone who was as big a fan of Molly Ivins as I was will enjoy this biography. She was quite a lady and this book presents the good and the bad. ... more We were subscribers to the "The Texas Observer" for years - the only newspaper where one could read what actually was going on. This book is probably more interesting for people who lived in Texas and could identify with Texas events and places (for me, Houston) but it is also an interesting read just to appreciate the stress of being a well-known columnist. I'd love to hear what she would write now! less

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