Description: Cokie Roberts' husband Steve Roberts reflects not only on her many accomplishments, but on how she lived each day with a devotion to helping others. For Steve, Cokie's private life was as significant and inspirational as her public one. Her commitment to celebrating and supporting other women was evident in everything she did, and her generosity and passion drove her personal and professional endeavors.
Brief description:
Steve Roberts has been a journalist for more than fifty years. He is the author of My Father's House and From This Day Forward, which he cowrote with Cokie. He is the chief political analyst for the ABC radio network, a professor of journalism and politics at George Washington University, and a nationally syndicated columnist. He lives in Cokie's childhood home in suburban Washington, which he and Cokie shared for forty-two years.
Review Quotes:
"A moving testimony of the remarkable life and legacy of his wife, trailblazing journalist Cokie (1943-2019). Through depictions of her faith, family, work, writing, and friendships, Roberts shares engrossing anecdotes about his partner from their over 50 years together. . . . This loving tribute is likely to gain the celebrated journalist a whole new crop of fans." - Publishers Weekly, starred review
"An upbeat portrait of a productive life that was so important to journalists and women everywhere." - Kirkus
"Demonstrates . . . both the painful loss and the rich and enduring legacy of this pioneering journalist and compassionate human being." - Booklist
"Inspiring." - New York Daily News
"A moving tribute." - Christian Science Monitor
"Encouraging and enlightening.... A celebration of women helping women." - Washington Post
"A beautiful book." - Andrea Mitchell, MSNBC
"A highly readable and immensely heartwarming biography." - Library Journal