Gail Sheehy

Daring: My Passages Gail Sheehy

Publisher Marketing: The author of the classic "New York Times" bestseller "Passages" returns with her inspiring memoir a chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking girl journalist in the 1960s to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all to one of the premier political profilers of modern times. Candid, insightful, and powerful, "Daring: My Passages" is the story of the unconventional life of a writer who dared to walk New York City streets with hookers and pimps to expose violent prostitution; to march with civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland as British paratroopers opened fire; to seek out Egypt s president Anwar Sadat when he was targeted for death after making peace with Israel. Always on the cutting edge of social issues, Gail Sheehy reveals the obstacles and opportunities encountered when she dared to blaze a trail in a man s world. "Daring" is also a beguiling love story of Sheehy s tempestuous romance with and eventual happy marriage to Clay Felker, the charismatic creator of "New York" magazine. As well, Sheehy recounts her audacious pursuit and intimate portraits of many twentieth-century leaders, including Hillary Clinton, Presidents George H. W. and George W. Bush, and the world-altering attraction between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev. Sheehy reflects on desire, ambition, and wanting it all career, love, children, friends, social significance and lays bare her major life passages: false starts and surprise successes, the shock of failures and inner crises; betrayal in a first marriage; life as a single mother; flings of an ardent, liberated young woman; her adoption of a second daughter from a refugee camp; marriage to the love of her life and their ensuing years of happiness, even in the shadow of illness. Now stronger than ever, Sheehy speaks from hard-won experience to today s young women. Her fascinating, no-holds-barred story is a testament to guts, resilience, smarts, and daring and offers a bold perspective on all of life s passages." Review Citations:

Audio File 04/01/2015 pg. 60 (EAN 9781483028064, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review

Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2014 pg. 68 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 07/14/2014 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

Booklist 08/01/2014 pg. 20 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

Library Journal 09/15/2014 pg. 75 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

Entertainment Weekly 09/12/2014 pg. 70 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

People Weekly 10/06/2014 pg. 50 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

New York Times Book Review 10/12/2014 pg. 13 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

BookPage 09/01/2014 (EAN 9780062291691, Hardcover)

Booklist 08/01/2014 pg. 20 (EAN 9780062291714, Other) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:  Sheehy, Gail Gail Sheehy is the author of the landmark book Passages and the number one bestseller The Silent Passage. Most recently, she published Hilary's Choice. She is married to publisher and editor Clay Felker and lives in Berkeley, California, and Long Island, New York.