Pretend I'm not here: how I worked with three newspaper icons, one powerful first lady, and still managed to dig myself out of the Washington swamp
Biography, Literature biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Barbara Feinman Todd has spent a lifetime helping other people tell their stories. In 1982, fresh out of college, she began her career as a copy aide at the Washington Post and was instantly hooked on the smell (cigarettes, newsprint),… the noise (yelling editors, the clacking of typewriter keys), and the energy of the newsroom. At the Post, she worked for Bob Woodward, first as his research assistant in the paper's investigative unit and, later, as his personal researcher for "Veil", his bestselling book on the CIA. A recommendation from Woodward led her to help his Watergate partner Carl Bernstein, who was struggling to finish his memoir, "Loyalties". She then assisted legendary editor Ben Bradlee on his autobiography "A Good Life", and Hillary Clinton on her bestselling "It Takes a Village". Revealing what it's like to get into the heads and hearts of some of our most compelling and powerful figures, Feinman offers authentic portraits that go beyond the carefully polished public personas she helped them create. 2017.