4/15/2015 Politico By Adam B. Lerner
A new book excoriating Hillary and Bill Clintons’ behavior in the White House debuted at No. 1 in its first week on The New York Times’ combined e-book/hardcover best-seller list for April 26, according to a source at the paper.
“The Residence: Inside the Private World of The White House,” by Kate Brower, includes a searing account of the Clinton family’s private drama during the scandal-plagued 1990s. Through the eyes of the White House staff, Brower catalogs the marital tension between Bill and Hillary over his sexual peccadilloes, including a four-month period in 1998 at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal when Bill was forced to sleep on a sofa in his private study.
According to Brower, though Hillary stood by her husband in public, behind the closed doors of the residence staff members frequently heard the Clintons shout at one another. At one point, a rumor circulated among staff that Hillary had thrown a lamp at Bill.
“They all felt the general gloom that hung over the second and third floors as the Lewinsky saga dragged on throughout 1998,” Brower writes. “The residence staff witnessed the fallout from the affair and the toll it took on Hillary Clinton.”
Brower worked for four years as a White House reporter for Bloomberg during the Obama administration, in addition to prior stints at CBS News and Fox News.
The book also includes accounts of presidents and their families dating back to John F. Kennedy. It was released on April 7.
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