The former first Lady candidly describes her life, her unhappy first marriage, her courtship and marriage with Gerald Ford, their independent children, and her battle with cancer

Times of My Life

Ford, Betty

Biographies & Memoirs

Ballantine Books

Six women representing a wide range of racial, age, and class distinctions--including a housewife, schoolteacher, and former gang member--candidly share their own intimate stories of addiction, treatment, and recovery, in a volume that also includes commentary by the author and an account of her own battle with drugs and alcohol. 100,000 first printing.

Healing and Hope

Putnam Adult

“A moving account of six former alcoholics and Betty Ford graduates—among them a teacher, a housewife and a gang member—with commentary from Ford herself.”—Self “There was a lot of drinking and codependence in my extended family. Sitting in my jail cell, I thought about how many funerals I had attended over the years of family members whose lives had ended in violence or suicide. I never once heard of them getting help. There was never any mention of AA. The only way out of their terrible lives was just to die...It was one hell of a legacy.”—Laurette Laurette’s story is remarkable, but she’s not alone. She is one of six women in Healing and Hope who experienced the pain and devastation of addiction—and managed to break free. Originally brought together by the Betty Ford Center’s twentieth-anniversary reunion, these women share their poignant stories in this book. Their combined voices create a groundbreaking and ultimately triumphant memoir that lays bare the destructive power of addiction.

Healing and Hope: Six Women from the Betty Ford Center Share Their Powerful Journeys of Addiction

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Women's Health

Penguin Publishing Group

Betty: A Glad Awakening

America's 38th First Lady describes her victorious struggle against alcoholism and drug addiction

Jove

Text and illustrations present the carriages and cars used by American Presidents.

The President's Car: From Washington's Coach to Today's White House Fleet

Parker, Nancy Winslow

Children's Books

Ty Crowell Co.

Falling in love with photojournalist Ray Coleman, her brother's best friend, Amber follows his travels and prays for his safety, until he returns home injured, but their budding romance is tested by a shocking crime. Original.

All the Love (Arabesque)

Literature & Fiction

Ford, Bette

United States

Pinnacle Books

The author, wife of the former president, recounts her addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol, and explains how she recovered, with the support of her family

Betty, a Glad Awakening (G K Hall Large Print Book Series)

History

Americas

G.K.Hall & Co.

In 1986, when going through his late mother Betty Ford’s papers in her basement, her son Michael Aquino discovered a mouldering suitcase filled with the disintegrating manuscripts of poems she had written between ages 11-17, which she had never bothered to even mention. Along with them was an Introduction written by her Stanford mentor Professor Lewis Terman, for an intended publication entitled Pegasus in Pinfeathers. Astounded by these poems, Michael carefully pieced the fragments together, and so Pegasus is finally flying: 256 poems totaling over 35,000 words in this 366-page collection. Far from what one would normally expect in juvenilia, Betty’s verse explores not only the natural universe about her, but stunning metaphysical and magical visions of her own creation. This edition includes Professor Terman’s original 1929 Introduction, and a 2014 Foreword by Michael.

Pegasus in Pinfeathers: Collected Poems 1919-1928

Poetry

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The moving story of Nancy Brinker and her journey to create a world without breast cancer. It chronicles the sad and painful loss of Suzy, her sister, and the evolution of the Komen Foundation from a handful of volunteers in Nancy Brinker's living room to a multi-million dollar international foundation. But this book is so much more. It is a "comforting friend" for every woman who has been diagnosed with breast cancer or who fears she might be- it is a survival guide filled with the latest breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment information in an east-to-read style, packed with Nancy's own "take charge of your life" insights culled from more than two decades of patient advocacy.

Winning the Race : Taking Charge of Breast Cancer

Brinker, Nancy G.

Winston, Chriss A.

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Tapestry Pr

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