In the Shadow of the White House

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)>For her first 40 years Jo Haldeman's life followed a conventional path.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)> While her husband Bob built his career in advertising Jo comfortably settled into her role as mother of four housewife and community volunteer.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)>In 1968 Jo's world changed dramatically. Richard Nixon was elected President of the United States and Bob was offered the job of a lifetime - White House Chief of Staff. As Jo and Bob discussed the opportunities and challenges that this move would entail little did she anticipate the course that her life and her relationship with Bob would take over the next 10 years.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)>In this insightful poignant and guileless memoir of those 10 years Jo shares her story as the wife of H. R. Haldeman often referred to as the second most powerful person in the White House. She offers a window into the world of trips on </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)>Air Force One</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)> weekends at Camp David and events at the White House as well as family vignettes and the growing stresses of her husband's demanding job.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)>Then a bungled burglary at the Watergate erupted into a national scandal. The news began to feature the Haldeman name. Blaring headlines and vicious political cartoons accompanied new revelations of a cover-up. Multiple investigations and Senate hearings followed. Criminal proceedings loomed.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(6 22 36 1)>Jo's compelling account takes the listener on her journey from the heady heights of Washington life through an excruciating public resignation and trial to her husband's conviction and imprisonment. In a true period piece Jo illuminates the story of the woman behind the man and personalizes the Watergate experience.</span></p><p><br></p>