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Love & War

20 Years, Three Presidents, Two Daughters and One Louisiana Home

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Twenty years after the publication of the bestselling All’s Fair, James Carville and Mary Matalin look at how they—and America—have changed in the last two decades.
 
James Carville and Mary Matalin have long held the mantle of the nation’s most ideologically mismatched and intensely opinionated political couple. In this follow-up to All’s Fair, Carville and Matalin pick up the story they began in that groundbreaking bestseller and talk family, faith, love, and politics in their two winning voices. If nothing else, this new collaboration proves that after twenty years of marriage they can still manage to agree on a few things. A fascinating look at the last two decades in American politics and an intimate, quick-witted primer on grown-up relationships and values, Love & War provides unprecedented insight into one of our nation’s most intriguing and powerful couples. With their natural charm and sharp intelligence, Carville and Matalin have written undoubtedly the most spirited memoir of the year.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 24, 2014
      After two decades of marriage, the husband and wife duo from opposite sides of the aisle offers up a new memoir detailing their political and personal lives. This audio production presents Matalin and Carville as their fans have come to know them, with contrasting styles to go along with conflicting ideologies. Matalin’s delivery and Midwestern accent pairs well with a sometimes spirited but generally easygoing conversational tone, while Carville embodies his “Ragin’ Cajun,” type-a personality with all of its passion and color. The narrators respective contributions to the chapters flow together smoothly, accentuating distinct takes on the same events. The detailed, hour-by-hour account of the September 11 terrorist attacks is especially moving and transcends public policy squabbles. A Blue Rider Press hardcover.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Darlings of political campaign consultancy, with polar opposite party affiliations and political sensibilities, the Carvilles just happen to be happily married, proud parents and creators, as well as narrators, of another co-memoir. Their personal and political crazy quilt is sewn with their distinct and provocative viewpoints, with their beloved New Orleans as an additional major player. The timeline is from the 1992 presidential campaign to the quite recent history of their CNN departure. Sadly, Carville rushes his portions of the narration, which lack any noticeable emotion or sincerity behind the words except when he grows angry, and then it seems like the reserved anger employed in CNN and Fox News segments. Matalin's voicing sounds sincere but is understated and monotonous, as if all in one key. While the dual points of view are initially an interesting approach to discussing both worldly and family events, the novelty grows thin. W.A.G. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 3, 2014
      Matalin and Carville (All's Fair) continue the saga of their politically-bipartisan marriage and career highlights from the beginning of the Clinton administration to current issues and events. Matalin reflects honestly on losing the 1993 election, feeling like a "poster child for failure and disgrace," wanting to feel happy for Carville while she "simultaneously hated every inch of his skinny Cajun being." This situation is reversed in 2000 when Matalin takes a job working for Dick Cheney, whom she calls "a man of impeccable integrity" while Carville suffers bitter disappointment. Matalin provides a first-hand account of being in the White House on 9/11, working in an underground bunker with the Vice President, and both offer alternate takes on the Iraq War that toe their respective party lines. Carville opens up about his ADHD and shares some helpful advice for anyone looking to charm Barbara Bush. On the topic of Matalin's menagerie of pets, he compares them to her politics: "I generally dislike them, so I tend to ignore them." The couple finds common ground in their love of New Orleans, where they relocated in 2008âCarville praises LSU football while Matalin notes the community spirit that rallied residents after Hurricane Katrina. The book works best when Matalin and Carville alternate riffs on the same topics, when they stray from that format; it is a bit of a jumble.

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