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A good fight / Sarah Brady ; with Merrill McLoughlin
Bib ID 1759852
Format BookBook
Author
Brady, Sarah, 1942-
 
Edition 1st ed. 
Description New York : PublicAffairs, c2002 
x, 257 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 
ISBN 1586481053
Summary

"Sarah Brady's greatest ambition while growing up was to be June Cleaver. She wanted to be a wife and mother, to have a happy, peaceful home filled with the laughter of family and friends, to watch her children grow up surrounded by the same warmth and security she knew as a child." "It was not to be. In January 1981, President Ronald Reagan appointed Sarah's husband, James Brady, as his White House press secretary. And on March 31 of that year, a would-be assassin named John Hinckley fired six shots at the president, severely wounding him and taking down Jim Brady as well. One of Hinckley's bullets tore through Jim's brain, causing devastating damage that changed their lives forever.".

"A Good Fight is Sarah Brady's own plainspoken, moving story of what happened to her, to Jim, and to their son, Scott, who was just two when his father was shot. It's a story of great terror, pain and dislocation, but also of triumph, love and transformation. Above all, it's a story about how you cannot know what life will bring."--BOOK JACKET.

Notes

Includes index.

Subjects Brady, Sarah, 1942-  |  Brady, James S.  |  Wives -- United States -- Biography.  |  Presidential press secretaries -- United States -- Biography.  |  Victims of crimes -- United States -- Biography.  |  Gun control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.  |  Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Other authors/contributors McLoughlin, Merrill

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