Csmonitor.com – yesterday the White House made it official, confirming to the Associated Press that Laura Bush is planning to write a memoir and has been meeting with publishers to discuss the project. Despite the economic downturn, experts are predicting that this will be a significant deal, likely to bring in at least as much as the $8 million Hillary Clinton drew for her memoir “Living History.”
Bush however, is reported to have said that her book will be a positive one (unlike, the AP notes, “My Turn” by Nancy Reagan which also served to settle score with old foes like former White House chief of staff Donald Regan.)
The American public is well aware of Bush’s enthusiasm for books and reading. A librarian by training, she co-founded the Washington, D.C., National Book Festival in 2001 and has celebrated the work of various authors at the White House, including Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, Flannery O’Connor, and Truman Capote.
