daughters

Mary Cheney, the daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney, offers an inside look at the world of presidential politics and at her life, family, and role in the campaigns of 2000 and 2004.

Contains interviews with over forty women in which they share their feelings about their mothers evoked by memories of going into mom's closet.

Rebecca Walker discusses how she dealt with her mixed heritage and remained true to both her African-American and Jewish cultures.

Two events of consequence inspire Adam Anker, a composer, to travel from his home in New Zealand to Poland where he learns the fate of his parents during World War II, and then to Sweden where he is introduced to the his own child, for the first time.

Claire Bidwell Smith discusses her childhood when both of her parents died of cancer and her career as a therapist.

Danielle Trussoni shares how her father's service in the Vietnam War influenced every aspect of their life once he returned home.

Describes the life and personality of President Obama's younger daughter, her relationship with her family, her reaction to her father running for and winning the presidency, and how her life has changed since his election.