The First Partner

<p>nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; Hillary Rodham Clinton has fascinated the nation since she became First Lady in 1992. In <em>The First Partner </em> acclaimed biographer Joyce Milton goes beyond the headlines and offers real insight into Clinton's character her values and her career.</p><p>nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Milton offrs new perspectives on the firestorms that have raged about Clinton from the health-care fiasco to Whitewater to the Lewinsiky scandal. She also examines Clinton's attempts to reconcile a host of contradictions--feminist convictions in painful collision with family commitment; philosophical beliefs in conflict with political reality; the precarious balance between professional ambition public image and private life. Lively and evenhanded this definitive biography is a revealing portrait of one of the most enigmatic women in politics.