Kate Andersen Brower | Author & Journalist

First Women
The Grace and Power of
America’s Modern
First Ladies

Kate Andersen Brower
Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller
The Residence

"There is no way in the world to figure out what it’s like to live here." — Hillary Clinton on life in the White House

"If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much." — Jackie Kennedy

"We don’t have to do anything." — Michelle Obama to her advisers after the 2008 election

First Women: The Grace and Power of America’s Modern First Ladies

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence, the groundbreaking work of journalism about the White House staff, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama.

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The New York Times #1 bestseller The Residence

“It’s Downton Abbey for the White House Staff.”
— The Today Show