{"product_id":"9780062445100","title":"Pretend I'm Not Here : How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp","description":"\u003cstrong\u003ePretend I'm Not Here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Barbara Feinman Todd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn accomplished former ghostwriter and book researcher who worked with Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, and Hillary Clinton goes behind-the-scenes of the nation’s capital to tell the story of how she survived the exciting, but self-important and self-promoting world of the Beltway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Feinman Todd has spent a lifetime helping other people tell their stories. In the early 1980s, she worked for Bob Woodward, first as his research assistant in the paper’s investigative unit and, later, as his personal researcher for \u003cem\u003eVeil\u003c\/em\u003e, his bestselling book about the CIA. Next she helped Carl Bernstein, who was struggling to finish his memoir, \u003cem\u003eLoyalties\u003c\/em\u003e. She then assisted legendary editor Ben Bradlee on his acclaimed autobiography \u003cem\u003eA Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e, and she worked with Hillary Clinton on her bestselling \u003cem\u003eIt Takes a Village.\u003c\/em\u003e Feinman Todd’s involvement with Mrs. Clinton made headlines when the First Lady neglected to acknowledge her role in the book’s creation, and later, when a disclosure to Woodward about the Clinton White House appeared in one of his books. These events haunted Feinman Todd for the next two decades until she confronted her past and discovered something startling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevealing what it’s like to get into the heads and hearts of some of Washington’s most compelling and powerful figures, Feinman Todd offers authentic portraits that go beyond the carefully polished public personas that are the standard fare of the Washington publicity factory. At its heart, \u003cem\u003ePretend I’m Not Here\u003c\/em\u003e is a funny and forthcoming story of a young woman in a male-dominated world trying to find her own voice while eloquently speaking for others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“A gossipy read...in the finest revenge-is-best-served-cold tradition.”\u003cbr\u003e“Very likeable.... She has certainly learned how to apply a novelist’s storytelling skills to real life.”\u003cbr\u003e“The best book about commercial writing life since William Goldman’s \u003cem\u003eAdventures in the Screentrade\u003c\/em\u003e (1983). ... Gives a riveting insight into life in the Clinton White House.”\u003cbr\u003e“The quality and quantity of the beans spilled is high.... [Feinman Todd’s] \u003cem\u003eSin City\u003c\/em\u003e is crammed with hit men, gangsters and back-stabbers.... Written like a novel.”\u003cbr\u003e“304 solid pages of historical fact, personal honesty and enough gossipy nudges to keep the pages flying by.”\u003cbr\u003e“[A] deftly written memoir of literary collaboration and political shenanigans.”\u003cbr\u003e“Engaging. ... Todd writes crisply and has an amusing knack for capturing the good and bad of Washington. ... Worth reading.”\u003cbr\u003e“Todd’s a very engaging and smart writer. ... A page-turning meditation on politics, identity and the writing life. ... Crystalline prose. ... Impossible to put down. ... Compelling and timely.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780062445100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41114907377870,"sku":"9780062445100","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780062445100.jpg?v=1649824457","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780062445100","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}