PERSONAL HISTORY

Katherine Graham offers memoirs that generously share not only her accomplishments as publisher of THE WASHINGTON POST, but her difficult family life from her privileged upbringing to her dynamic marriage to Phil Graham. Her quiet strength and commitment are evident through her voice and, though there's no dramatic performance, the drama of events unfolds. Graham's candid reflections on her own abilities as she perceived them at different stages in her life are made particularly poignant with the author herself speaking. The constraints of abridgment are apparent, but consider this an introduction by Graham that may lead to a full-length version. R.F.W. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: APR/MAY 97]