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And the Good News Is...

Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side

by Dana Perino
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From her years as the presidential press secretary to her debates with colleagues on Fox News' The Five, Dana Perino reveals the lessons she's learned that have guided her through life, kept her level-headed, and led to her success, even in the face of adversity.
Thoughtful, inspiring, and often surprising, And the Good News is . . . traces Dana Perino's unlikely journey through politics and television. It's a remarkable American story-made up of equal parts determination and clear-eyed optimism.
From facing professional challenges and confronting personal fears to stepping up to a podium for a President, Dana has come to expect the unexpected and has an uncanny ability to find the good news in any tough situation. And the Good News is . . . takes us from her Western childhood in Wyoming and Colorado to a chance meeting on an airplane that changes her life entirely. Then, with refreshing honesty and humor, she recounts her frustration with a string of unsatisfying jobs and living circumstances until a key career tip leads her back to Washington, D.C. to work for the Bush Administration.
Dana also shares here her best work and life lessons-tips that will help you to get your point across convincingly while allowing your own grace and personality to shine through. As someone who still believes in working together to solve the problems our nation faces, Dana offers clear, practical advice on how to restore civility to our personal and public conversations. The result is a fascinating read that can help anyone become more successful, productive, and joyously content.

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    April 21, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9781455531622

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      • ISBN: 9781455584895
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      • ISBN: 9781455584895
      • File size: 5118 KB

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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      February 15, 2015
      Fox News commentator Perino, co-host of The Five, spreads sunshine in a book from which even Fox News haters could extract some useful nuggets.Before the hackles rise, let it be known that we're violating one of the no-no's she advances in this combination of memoir and update of Miss Manners for our time: Instead of saying, "I hated everything about the Bush Administration, but I like you," she counsels, we should say, "You were a good press secretary." Yes: She's that Dana Perino, still selling a Bush-Cheney agenda while lamenting the incivility and partisan divisions of Washington: "We've gone from being the confident leader of the free world to bickering about every living thing under the sun." In her favor, she does allow that Republicans are sharper-tongued and meaner to each other than Democrats are to them-but, she adds brightly, "That's okay-it makes us smarter and better at what we do." Ever political, Perino would seem to want it both ways, though, to her credit, her relentless cheerfulness will make readers wish that politicians of every bent were just a little kinder to each other. And besides, she notes, the left indulges in name-calling, too. Probably, the left would do even more, and Harry Reid would be meaner than he is, had it a machine the like of Fox News, but that's another matter for another day. For the time being, and again to her credit, the author allows that it's a fair criticism to say that she's part of the problem-"or if not me specifically," she amends, "then cable news and talk radio." "A pet peeve of mine is with people who give backhanded compliments." So: The best memoir and etiquette guide manque we have by "the first and only Republican woman" to serve as White House press secretary. Now be nice.

    • Library Journal

      November 15, 2014

      Instantly recognizable, Perino served as White House press secretary for over seven years in the administration of President George W. Bush and is now host of Fox News Channel's The Five, seen by over two million viewers a night. Here's how she got to those positions. With a 75,000-copy first printing.

      Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      Starred review from April 1, 2016

      Perino writes a buoyant, insightful memoir, describing her childhood in Denver; years in the George W. Bush administration, in which she served as press secretary from 2007 to 2009; and her success as a TV pundit. She also gives excellent advice for those aspiring to media careers. (LJ Prepub Alert, 10/20/14)

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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