I love autobiographical accounts. The best ones for me, are the ones that are unbiased and make me empathise with the narrator (writer) This one was rather simple and straightforward. The author lays bare the facts and allows you to make your own impressions about the events that unfolded, rather than thrusting upon you a pre-formed opinion. We get a front seat view of major events in history from the first world War onwards, up to the Nixon scandal and a further few years beyond that. Katharine Graham was born at the fag end of the first world War and that is where her narrative begins. There is a little segue into previous years, to explain her ancestry. She describes a difficult relationship with her mother, without looking for sympathy and a beautiful one with her father, with love and pride. She grew up in a world which had just weathered major strife and was in her early twenties when the second world War rolled around. In the intervening years, she shares her p