Reviews
On the occasion of what would have been the former president's 100th birthday, his youngest son, Ron Reagan, has written a deeply felt memoir--a memoir that underscores the bafflement his own children often felt about their father...Ron Reagan, who writes in charming, lucid prose, clearly wants to try to know his father., Ronald Reagan's son seeks to understand his father by researching his formative years...Recounting of the post-presidential decline because of dementia is honest and compelling, whatever the reader's assessment of the White House years. A worthy memoir., Sometimes in awe of while sometimes bemused by his 'square' of a dad, Ron [Reagan] delivers what many others have not, a down-the-middle portrait that admirers of his father and some memoir fans will likely enjoy., My Father at 100 is an affectionate, often lighthearted account of a son's attempt to uncover his father's character by going back to his early days., Reagan's beautifully written memoir is a conflicted tribute to a distant, almost mythical figure...The son fares well in his first book-length foray, telling a surprisingly detailed story of his ancestors, analyzing examples of his father's heroic exploits, and relating touching accounts of his final years., There's no better biography about Ronald Reagan than this one. Not only does the president's son reveal splendid insights, including the origin of the nickname 'Dutch,' but his narration is sublime. When the son quotes his father, he catches the timbre and cadence of President Reagan...Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.
