Everything beautiful in its time : seasons of love and loss

Author

Jenna Bush Hager

Call Number

• 306.8745 H144 (OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020]

Physical Description

x, 228 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Summary

To the world, George and Barbara Bush were America's president and first lady. To Hager, they were her beloved Gampy and Ganny, who taught her about respect, humility, kindness, and living a life of passion and meaning-- timeless lessons that continue to guide her. In Midland, Texas, her maternal grandparents, Harold and Jenna Welch-- Pa and Grammee-- lived a quieter life, yet their influence was no less indelible to their granddaughter. Now the mother of three young children, Hager pays homage to her grandparents, capturing the joyous and bittersweet nature of life itself, and uplifted by their grandparents' sage advice and incomparable spirits.

Contents

• My four grandparents
• Hiding from my favorite people on earth
• Sister love and sister strife
• A letter from Ganny on Barbara's and my birthday
• Do not speak to me of "balance"
• The wrong movie
• Out there on the water
• Henry's letter to Gampy
• The opposite of fear is love
• Times I have cried (a partial list)
• Gentle protection
• A letter from Jenna and Barbara to Sasha and Malia
• "To thine own self be true"
• Comfort care
• Mirror, mirror
• The greatest gift
• "I know you miss them, too"
• Summer rain
• "Poor Henry"
• My girls as sisters
• The stone ring
• Dreams of my mother
• "Every woman gets her baby in her time"
• "I learned a lot from our lunch"
• Harold
• April showers bring May fog
• Saying goodbye to Grammee Jenna
• Happy birthday, Ganny
• Father's day in Maine
• Walking to the gate
• Acknowledgments.