The 30 Ways of looking at Hillary

By M&C News Jan 18, 2008, 12:13 GMT

A new book offers a collection of essays written by women writers regarding Presidential running candidate Hillary Clinton.

Thirty Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women Writers is what the NYT calls, “this volume of reflections corroborates Mrs. Clinton’s own long-ago observation that she is “a Rorschach test” for voters.”

Edited by Susan Morrison, the NYT review gives a good summation of some of the opinions that have been tossed around about the Former First Lady, including the fact that “like three other famous blondes (Marilyn, Madonna and Princess Di), she’s in danger of being turned into one of those indeterminate semiotic texts academics love to deconstruct,” the reviewer notes.

According to the book description, “This pointillistic portrait paints a composite picture of Hillary Clinton, focusing on details from the personal to the political, from the hard-hitting to the whimsical, to give a well-balanced and unbiased view of the woman who may be our first Madam President. Taken together, these essays—by such renowned writers as Daphne Merkin, Lorrie Moore, Deborah Tannen, Susan Cheever, Lionel Shriver Kathryn Harrison, and Susan Orlean—illuminate the attitudes that women have toward the powerful women around them and constitute a biography that is must reading for anyone interested in understanding this complex and controversial politician.”

Click here to read the full NYT review. Harper is the publisher.