EARLY REVIEWS:

"With an eye for the telling detail, Will Swift deftly revises our view of the Nixon marriage, showing that the reserve the couple displayed in public masked a deep love and abiding respect. The marriage underwent strains that would test even the strongest ties, and Swift is frank in assessing these. He uses his expertise as a psychologist to compare the Nixon marriage to others—in the ups and downs, the use of varying techniques to preserve the union, and the differing needs of the two partners. Even readers who thought they fully understood "Plastic Pat" and "Tricky Dick" will be enlightened by Swift's perspective and delighted with his vivid descriptions."

-Betty Boyd Caroli, author of First Ladies: From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama

"Will Swift, a superb researcher and an insightful psychologist, has written the first dual biography of Pat and Dick Nixon. This intriguingly fresh and lucid portrait of these two epochal figures will be the standard reference work for many years."

-Irwin Gellman, Author of The Contender: Richard Nixon, The Congress Years 1946-1952 and of the forthcoming The President and The Apprentice: Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon, 1952-1961.