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The daughter of two actors, Nancy Davis and Ronald Reagan, Patti Davis grew up in the world of entertainment and politics. Her mother abandoned a career in film and television as her husband transitioned from the bright and glamourous lights of Hollywood to the glaring scrutiny of public service, first as governor of California and ultimately as president of the United States. As the first child of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Patti offers an insider's view of what it was like growing up Reagan.

Ronald Reagan’s daughter writes with a moving openness about losing her father to Alzheimer’s disease. The simplicity with which she reveals the intensity, the rush, the flow of her feelings encompasses all the surprises and complexities that ambush us when death gradually, unstoppably...