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MuzeFormatDesc: Audio Cassette
ISBN-10: 0671551957
ISBN-13: 9780671551957
Jan 1996
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Abridged
Language: English |
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Synopsis
The First Lady considers the difficulties of raising children in America today and outlines an ideal of broad community responsibility for the total upbringing of successful and healthy children. Her scope includes issues such as divorce, child safety, and other concerns of parents, teachers and child advocates., Written when Hillary Clinton was the First Lady, IT TAKES A VILLAGE acknowledges the many challenges and difficulties of raising children in America and proposes an ideal of broad community responsibility for the total upbringing of healthy and secure children. Clinton draws on her own experiences as a child, mother, and lawyer, as well as those of concerned parents, teachers, and advocates for children--and she takes the time to listen to the important lessons that children can teach adults as well.
| Size | | Height: | 7.5 in | | Width: | 4.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Throughout this book, there is the sound of tempered frustration and unshakable determination, a missionary's zeal and a mother's vulnerability. 'It Takes a Village' is an honest book. It is not a book for cynics, but it will be welcomed by those who want to understand just who Hillary Rodham Clinton is and what we can do to help the children in our village."
Los Angeles Times Book Review - Phyllis Burke (01/28/1996)
'"It Takes a Village' is filled with...creative programs, which not only meet the needs of children and their parents but, in the long run, save our communities and our nation lives and money....Somehow our village must have the gumption to elect to power and support those people who share Mrs. Clinton's belief that 'nothing is more important to our shared future than the well-being of our children.'"
New York Times Book Review - Katherine Paterson (02/11/1996)
"I had to write my own book because I want to stand by every word. I wanted the process of having to think through these things. You know, I've worked on these issues for so long, but to put into words what I feel about them, what I think is important--nobody could do that for me."
New York Times - Hillary Rodham Clinton (01/18/1996)
"What makes Clinton's book so important and timely is her understanding and articulation of the fact that we are not supposed to raise children in isolation but in communities, neighborhoods, towns, and villages of men and women who know (without having to be told) that we all have a responsibility to lend a hand.....In the best storytelling tradition, 'It Takes a Village' deals with solutions, both anecdotally and practically, though it could use a stronger emphasis on reading and books in the lives of children."
San Francisco Review of Books - Walter Mayes
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