Reviews of Living History were mixed, with a typical evaluation commending the chapters describing her early life, decrying the overly lengthy later treatments of relatively mundane events as First Lady, and criticizing the lack of candor in the sections covering controversial episodes, including those surrounding her husband and the Lewinsky scandal. This is not unusual for political autobiographies, but in the same period some other political figures were given co-writing credit, as for instance fellow Senator John Edwards gave to writer John Auchard on his book Four Trials and fellow Senator John McCain gave to administrative assistant Mark Salter on his books Faith of My Fathers, Worth the Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, and Character Is Destiny.Ĭritical and commercial reception However, the three women did not receive co-writing credit on the book's cover. Ruby amassing, reviewing and synthesizing millions of words written about me." Maryanne the rare gift of understanding how to help another's voice emerge. Lissa responsible for many of the words in my speeches as First Lady and in this book. The smartest decision I made was to ask Lissa Muscatine, Maryanne Vollers and Ruby Shamir to spend two years of their lives working with me. Clinton's acknowledgment section stated: "This book may not have taken a village to write, but it certainly took a superb team.
Muscatine later related how the three would meet at Clinton's house early in the morning before she left for the Capitol building, do a day's worth of writing, and then meet again after midnight at Clinton's for the senator to edit the work until three o'clock in the morning. Ĭlinton reportedly used three ghostwriters for Living History: veteran ghostwriter Maryanne Vollers, speechwriter Alison Muscatine, and researcher Ruby Shamir. However, in February 2001, the Senate Ethics Committee gave Clinton approval for the deal. Senate, but before being sworn into office, was not in adherence to the ethical standards required for members of the U.S.
Critics charged that the book deal, coming soon after her election to the U.S. In December 2000, Simon & Schuster agreed to pay Clinton a reported $8 million advance for what became Living History-a near-record figure to an author for an advance at that time. It was written when she was a sitting Senator from New York. Living History is a 2003 memoir by Hillary Clinton. An Invitation to the White House: At Home with History
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