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SLATE: A Guide To Kitty Kelley's The Family
I've tried to ignore this one, since Kitty Kelley has such a sleazy reputation. But much like the accident that everybody has to slow down to take a look at, the juicy details that are dished out in this book are tough to avoid. Thanks to Bryan Curtis of Slate, this "Cliff Notes" version that cuts to the chase:

Page 253: At Andover, George W. Bush writes a morose essay about his sister's death. Searching for a synonym for "tears," he consults a thesaurus and writes, "And the lacerates ran down my cheeks." A teacher labels the paper "disgraceful."

Page 309: At Harvard Business School, which W. attends from 1973 to 1975, a professor screens The Grapes of Wrath. Bush asks him, "Why are you going to show us that Commie movie?" W.'s take on the film: "Look. People are poor because they are lazy.".......and much, much more!