{"product_id":"terry-isbn-9780452278233","title":"Terry","description":"\"McGovern's story is riveting as he investigates his daughter's life, reads her anguished and accusatory diaries, interviews her friends and doctors, sifts through the sordid police and medical records... a family drama of love and loss.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRarely has a public figure addressed such difficult, intimate issues with such courage and bravery. In a moving, passionate memoir, former Senator George McGovern recalls the events leading up to his daughter Terry's death as a result of alcoholism. What McGovern learned from Terry is an unforgettable, poignant tale certain to engender controversy and compassion.\"McGovern's story is riveting as he investigates his daughter's life, reads her anguished and accusatory diaries, interviews her friends and doctors, sifts through the sordid police and medical records... a family drama of love and loss.\"—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTerry \u003c\/i\u003ereads like William Styron's \u003ci\u003eLie Down in Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e… Heartbreaking... It is probably the quintessential American experience of the second half of this century, a precariously stable family trying to hold on to a child who—because of drugs, drink, depression—cannot be held on to, and who sinks away, into some form of oblivion.”—\u003cb\u003eCarolyn See, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorge McGovern\u003c\/b\u003e served in the U.S. Senate for 18 years and was the 1972  Democratic candidate for president. He directed the first Food for Peace  Program under President John F. Kennedy. A decorated World War  II bomber pilot (Distinguished Flying Cross), he held a PhD in history  from Northwestern University and taught at Dakota  Wesleyan University. He was named by former president Bill Clinton in  1997 as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nation's Food  and Agriculture Organization. In 2000, he was awarded the  nation's highest honor, the Medal of Freedom. He died in 2012 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the age of 90.","brand":"Plume","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301365698789,"sku":"NP9780452278233","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780452278233.jpg?v=1767737917","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/terry-isbn-9780452278233","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}