The author of the classic New York Times bestseller Passages returns with her inspiring memoira chronicle of her trials and triumphs as a groundbreaking girl journalist in the s to iconic guide for women and men seeking to have it all to one of the premier political profilers of modern timesCandid insightful and powerful Daring My Passages is the story of the unconventional life of a writer who dared to walk New York City streets with hookers and pimps to expose violent prostitution to march with civil rights protesters in Northern Ireland as British paratroopers opened fire to seek out Egypts president Anwar Sadat when he was targeted for death after making peace with IsraelAlways on the cutting edge of social issues Gail Sheehy reveals the obstacles and opportunities encountered when she dared to blaze a trail in a mans world Daring is also a beguiling love story of Sheehys tempestuous romance with and eventual happy marriage to Clay Felker the charismatic creator of New York magazine As well Sheehy recounts her audacious pursuit and intimate portraits of many twentieth-century leaders including Hillary Clinton Presidents George H W and George W Bush and the world-altering attraction between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail GorbachevSheehy reflects on desire ambition and wanting it allcareer love children friends social significanceand lays bare her major life passages false starts and surprise successes the shock of failures and inner crises betrayal in a first marriage life as a single mother flings of an ardent liberated young woman her adoption of a second daughter from a refugee camp marriage to the love of her life and their ensuing years of happiness even in the shadow of illnessNow stronger than ever Sheehy speaks from hard-won experience to todays young women Her fascinating no-holds-barred story is a testament to guts resilience smarts and daring and offers a bold perspective on all of lifes passages.
