Pretend I'm Not Here : How I Worked with Three Newspaper Icons, One Powerful First Lady, and Still Managed to Dig Myself Out of the Washington Swamp

An accomplished former ghostwriter and book researcher who worked with Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, and Hillary Clinton goes behind-the-scenes of the national’s capital to tell the story of how she survived the exciting, but self-important and self-promoting world of the Beltway. Barbara Feinman Todd has spent a lifetime helping other people tell their stories. In the early 1980s, she worked for Bob Woodward, first as his research assistant in the paper’s investigative unit and, later, as his personal researcher for __Veil__, his bestselling book about the CIA. Next she helped Carl Bernstein, who was struggling to finish his memoir, __Loyalties__. She then assisted legendary editor Ben Bradlee on his acclaimed autobiography __A Good Life__, and she worked with Hillary Clinton on her bestselling __It Takes a Village.__ Feinman Todd’s involvement with Mrs. Clinton made headlines when the First Lady neglected to acknowledge her role in the book’s creation, and later, when a disclosure to Woodward about the Clinton White House appeared in one of his books. These events haunted Feinman Todd for the next two decades until she confronted her past and discovered something startling. Revealing what it’s like to get into the heads and hearts of some of Washington’s most compelling and powerful figures, Feinman Todd offers authentic portraits that go beyond the carefully polished public personas that are the standard fare of the Washington publicity factory. At its heart, __Pretend I’m Not Here__ is a funny and forthcoming story of a young woman in a male-dominated world trying to find her own voice while eloquently speaking for others. An Accomplished Ghostwriter And Book Researcher Goes Behind The Scenes Of America's Capital To Document The Story Of How She Survived Cutthroat Beltway Dynamics And Discovered Her Voice At The Sides Of Such Figures As Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein And Hillary Clinton--novelist. Chameleon -- Moses And Me -- The Man Who Knew Too Much -- Loyalties -- Ben -- The Jewish Amy Tan -- The Senator And His War -- Ghost In The Machine -- Losing My Religion -- Village People -- Giving Up The Ghost -- Haunted -- Learning To Vanish -- Torches Lit. Barbara Feinman Todd.