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Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life Paperback – March 14, 2008

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Who is Mary Cheney?

In the most eagerly awaited political memoir of the season, Mary Cheney, who served as a top campaign aide to her father, the vice president, presents a behind-the-scenes look at the high-intensity world of presidential politics and talks for the first time about her life, her family, and her role in the campaigns of 2000 and 2004.

As a senior adviser to her father, she was in the middle of every major event of the 2000 and 2004 presidential contests -- at the conventions, the debates, and on the trail. Both elections made history -- and so did Mary. And for the first time ever, she writes about what it was like to be at the center of her father's campaigns as his daughter, as a member of the senior staff, and, though she never intended it, as a political target for the other side.

Mary, her experiences, and her opinions, have been the subject of intense debate in the media and from activists on both ends of the political spectrum, but she has never spoken publicly about herself, her life, or her political views -- until now.

In Now It's My Turn, a frank, funny, and down-to-earth memoir, Mary Cheney describes life inside the bubble of a national campaign. She talks about her close relationship with her parents, how it feels to be pursued by the press, and what it was like when John Edwards and John Kerry made her sexual orientation an issue in live debates televised to millions of Americans. As she describes it, life inside a presidential campaign can be uplifting, frustrating, and heartbreaking, but no matter what else it may be, it's always entertaining.

About the Author

Mary Cheney served as the personal aide to her father, the vice presidential nominee, during the 2000 presidential campaign. In 2004, she was director of vice presidential operations for Bush-Cheney '04. Ms. Cheney is a graduate of Colorado College and holds an M.B.A. from the University of Denver. She currently works for AOL, Inc., and lives in Great Falls, Virginia, with her partner, Heather Poe.

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March 14, 2008
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Threshold Editions (March 14, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1416522905
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1416522904
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.66 x 9 inches

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Mary Cheney served as Director of Vice-Presidential Operations for the Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign. During the 2000 presidential campaign, she was the personal aide to her father, the vice-presidential nominee. Ms. Cheney is a graduate of Colorado College and holds an M.B.A. from the University of Denver. A resident of Conifer, Colorado, she has worked for the Colorado Rockies Baseball Club and for Coors Brewing Company.

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JoePutz555

Close Presidential Races of 2000 and 2004!

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2020

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Good to read a balanced insider’s account! Mary Cheney knows how to writeliving history and adds the personal touch.

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Candid

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2017

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A must read after Dick Cheney's , In my time. Frank and candid. Interesting perspective from a daughter and a campaign staffer.

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Karen R. Hogenboom

A interesting "insider" look at the Bush adminstration

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2009

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She is obvisous pulling punches and being edited. But it is still an interesting read as she attempts to explain her actions or lack there of.

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Mary Cheney's NOW IT'S MY TURN Gives Her Side Of Some Amazing Years

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2011

I have read so many reviews of Mary Cheney's book NOW IT'S MY TURN, but I have to say that I don't actually agree with a lot of them. When I actually picked up the book for myself and read it, I got the picture of someone who was tired of having herself being defined by others and was ready to give her own definition of who she was. NOW IT'S MY TURN takes you into not just her life inside a high-profile family, but what it is like to feel the pressure of being everything to everyone.

Mary's sexuality is something that many bring up, but for me it is just sliver of the person that she is. Some may wonder how she was able give her full-throated support to a father that does not agree with the way she lives her personal life. For me it is easy to understand because how many parents fully agree or support everything that their children do? What we do see is that it is her belief that her father is the best man for the positions he was running for. This is especially seen when he was running with then Gov. George W. Bush for the highest offices in the country. Mary was right there, championing her father's credentials yet careful not to let herself become a distraction.

For me NOW IT'S MY TURN showcases who Mary Cheney is, how she is able to live her life unafraid and walk in the life that the wants for herself. We are also able to see how she was not going to be defined by what others thought she should be doing and not limit herself by labels and stereotypes.

No matter what your political leaning, this is a book that champions the power within us all and challenges us to live our best authentic life each and every day.

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RGA

She Doesn't Understand That She Can't Have It All

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2006

I'm sorry. I wanted to like this book but I just couldn't. I am under no delusions that all gay and lesbian people do (or even should) hold the same political views, so it isn't that Mary Cheney is a Republican that makes me rate this book so lowly.

What causes me to rate this book so lowly is the almost vindictive tone Cheney takes in discussing her father's opponent in the 2004 election. She accuses them of using her and her sexual orientation to score political points but is willing to give her father's boss a pass for the efforts he has done (and continues to do) to do the same. She prides herself on skipping a State of the Union speech because Bush was going to use it to call for a Constitutional amendment to ban same sex marriage but doesn't seem to have a problem with the fact that her father applauded this call during the same speech. In other words, John Edwards gets slammed for praising the Cheneys in how they've accepted their daughter (and even her father thanked John Edwards for his "kind words about my family") but her father applauding Bush's call for a Constitutional amendment that Mary herself has called in interviews as "writing discrimination into the Constitution" is not a problem. I guess her REAL problem with John Edwards is that he had the gall to run against her father for Vice President. It seems to me that Ms. Cheney wants to have it both ways and I can't recommend this book for its, well, hypocrisy.

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Kyle P. Lee

Insightful and Funny

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2006

Mary Cheney gave insight what it's like to be personal aide to her father in the 2000 Presidential election and than as Director of VP Operation in the 2004 campaign. She mixes what it takes to run the campaign and to make sure things goes smoothly which sometime doesn't with moments that will make one laughed such as the barking, the Newfoundland, and the blue goo. She also gave a short but concise explanation of why she didn't quit her job after reading, "Our nation must defend the sanctity of marriage" in an advance copy of Bush's 2004 State of the Union speech. Her believe in her father and in 2004, she didn't have the luxury being a single-issue voter. The Country was and still is engage in War on Terror and needed the best man to lead this country.

After reading this very well written book in one day, I came away feeling that I have gotten to know the Cheney, especially Mary, a lot better. This is an All-American family who love, cherish, support and come to the defense for each other.

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Justin Meadows

A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2006

This is what the title says it is, "...a chronicle of political life". This is NOT an autobiography (hence no tales of the author's experiences with former employers...) What you will find here are tales from the two most recent presidential campaigns as well a some early congressional campaigns, told in a way that only the daughter can.

You will also read about her close relationships with her family and enjoy hilarious stories from the road, from bed bugs to blue goo. You will enjoy some of the less than glamorous situations encountered during a campaign.

In the debate chapters, (the ones that seem to have generated the most news) you will see that not only did the Cheneys and their supporters think the mention of Mary Cheney's sexuality was a "Cheap and Tawdry Political Trick" but just as importantly, how offensive it was that both Kerry and Edwards presumed that they could speak for Mary Cheney or her parents.

You will enjoy this book if you would like a behind the scenes look at the world of presidential politics. You will see a unique perspective on two of the closest and strangest presidential elections in history. If you enjoy heartwarming, funny, and candid family stories you will appreciate the strong relationships in this previously very private family.

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