Why not do lunch tomorrow with Lynne Cheney?
She’ll be talking about her latest book, Blue Skies, No Fences tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 18) at the National Press Club. To whet your appetite (for lunch and the book), here’s what Booklist had to say about the book:
“In Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family, Lynne Cheney re-creates the years after World War II in a small town on the high plains of the West. Portraying an era that started with the Ink Spots on the Zenith Radio in her family’s living room and ended with Elvis on the jukebox at the local canteen, she tells of coming of age in a time when the country seemed in control of its destiny and individual Americans in charge of theirs. She describes Casper, Wyoming, where she met a young man named Dick Cheney, and remembers her hometown as a place where the future seemed as bright as the blue sky and life’s possibilities as boundless as the prairie. It was also a place where a pioneer heritage prevailed, and Cheney traces the paths of forebears who journeyed westward, strengthened against adversity by a bedrock belief that they would find a better life. An uplifting exploration of a special time and place in American history, Blue Skies, No Fences is also a heartfelt tribute to those optimistic souls who, in Lynne Cheney s words, ‘pinned their hopes on America and kept heading west'”.
The National Press Club is at 14th and F Streets, NW (529 14th Street, NW), and the talk in in the 13th floor ballroom. The luncheon starts at 12:30 and Ms. Cheney’s remarks begin at 1 pm. The entrance fee is $28, and guests must make reservations in advance. Contact: Véronique Rodman, Director of Public Affairs, American Enterprise Institute, [email protected]