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Book Review of HOME FRONT

HOME FRONT
HOME FRONT
Author: Patti Davis
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Back cover: This is Patti Davis, the daughter of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan, and she has written an absorbing, touching, and candidly autobiographical novel.

It is the story of Beth Canfield, and her coming of age int he America of the late '60s and early '70s. It is the story of Beth's opposition to the war in Vietnam and her participation in college protests. It is the story of her conflict with her parents -- the mother against whom she rebels and the father who is the conservative governor of California with his eye on the White House...