'Barbara Bush presented herself as America's grandmother, comforting and comfortable, although in fact that was just one dimension of her complicated persona', writes the author Susan Page in The Matriarch, Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty out on Tuesday. Barbara Bush put up with First Lady Nancy Reagan's catty jabs and gossiping while George served as Vice President under Ronald Reagan. Pictured: Barbara Bush with George and Nancy Reagan in 1985Barbara returned the disdain and considered Nancy 'brittle and shallow'. Pictured: Barbara Bush and George Bush pose with children Neil Bush, George W. Bush, Jeb Bush and Marvin Bush in 1956George W. was born next and Barbara suffered a miscarriage before four more children followed. The Matriarch, Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty by Susan Page is out on Tuesday.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2019 18:31 UTC