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I first read this series in the mid 1980s when I was in my 20s, not much older than Meg. In fact the name of my cat Samantha was sort of semi inspired by Meg's cat Vanessa and I would dance her around in Stray Cat Strut as Meg danced Vanessa. Sad that scene was eliminated by the updated music in the later edition.
This book is the darkest and deepest in the series. I read it I think around 2010. But did not really get it until I myself ws dealing with chronic pain for months after a collarbone fracture. Although I knew it was not comparable I could then relate to how pain takes so much from you BUT Meg also dealt with PTSD in addition. At 60 I don't know many friends who do not have some kind of serious challenge. Even for young people though few will live in the White House many deal with illness or depression or family crises or violence Meg's situation is not resolved neatly But neither are most life situations
I do hope that a sequel happens. It would be hard to do it our current reality without creating an altenative time track But since this is fiction anyway...maybe post White House Meg deals with closure and coming to terms with personal and political issues as a new adult and working for justice in the context of a fictitious President who is opposed to all Kate stands for.


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Long May She Reign Ellen Emerson White Books Reviews

Ellen Emerson White's trilogy about the Powers family has been updated from its original 80s version, and a fourth book, as a follow-up, has now been published. AUTHORS TAKE NOTE *this* is how to update an old book. The changes are seamless and perfectly accomplished. If I hadn't read it as a teen, twenty years ago, I'd have had no clue that earlier versions ever existed.

There's very little I can say about the plot without being a spoiler, but I had very high hopes and was in no way disappointed. Even the parts where White slips into telling instead of showing are well done. The section where the President talks about Meg's ordeal in the State of the Union address was mostly summary, and it still made me cry.

I REALLY hope there's a fifth book.
Meg Powers is back, after a twenty-year hiatus. Like everybody else, she's been affected by the times she now drinks Coke instead of Tab, reads Anne Tyler instead of Alison Lurie, has a computer and an iPod instead of pens and a boom box -- but, reassuringly, she still loves herself a little Joan Jett.

In this very long-awaited sequel to The President's Daughter series, Meg, at age 18, is dealing with the kidnapping that has left her with a permanently damaged knee and hand, recurring nightmares, increased security and public scrutiny, and the knowledge that her mother, AKA the President of the United States, let the entire world know that she was willing to let Meg be executed rather than negotiate with terrorists. Since life at the White House isn't working for her, Meg enrolls at Williams for the winter semester. The bulk of the book follows Meg through her first semester. Like most freshmen she meets new people, finds a boyfriend, jousts with her professors, all under the watchful eye of her security guards and the swarm of paparazzi who follow her everywhere. As she struggles, not even to fit in but just to get through it all, she still has to address the issue that is an underlying theme in all four books in the series her relationship with her mother.

The book runs just over 700 pages, which is kind of a chunk, but it's good to see Meg and her family again, not to mention best friend Beth (probably my favorite character) and even Susan McAllister from "Friends for Life." And any girl with a mother is going to be interested in how the two Powers women work through their issues. In fact, this is where White really shines the dialogue is realistic to the point where it's sometimes wrenching, the characters are believable, and the whole thing is not without its fair share of humor. All in all, well worth the time it takes to read.
I first read "The President's Daughter" and then "White House Autumn," when I was in my early teens. A few years later I read, "Long Live the Queen." Now, in my late 30's, I recently read "Long May She Reign." I loved the first three books enough to save them all this time, and I was not disappointed by the fourth. Sometimes the books you read as a teenager just don't stand the test of time. Not so with these. I went back and read the first three books again first, because I like to read things in order, and to refresh my memory. Those first three books stood the test of time. I still loved all of the characters, and alternately laughed and cried along with them. This is some good writing. The first two books are probably more suited to early teens and young adults, but the last two books are definitely a coming of age kind of book, and will interest older young adults as well as adults, even though it is still categorized as "young adult" fiction. And if teenagers today are anything like I was, back in the day, they'll enjoy all four books. Seems that lately the boundaries between youth, young-adult, and adult fiction are breaking down, and we're all enjoying the results. This book should not be overlooked by any age group.

Ever wonder what it would be like to be the President's daughter? And to have two younger siblings who are experiencing the same thing? Ever wonder what it would be like if your MOTHER was the president? And after your mother was elected President, and your family had all kinds of things to adjust to, and survived a close call with death, what if something else terrible happened? And what if you survived that, and then went to college? That is the story this book tells. I found it fascinating and heartwarming. And definitely worth reading.
I first read this series in the mid 1980s when I was in my 20s, not much older than Meg. In fact the name of my cat Samantha was sort of semi inspired by Meg's cat Vanessa and I would dance her around in Stray Cat Strut as Meg danced Vanessa. Sad that scene was eliminated by the updated music in the later edition.
This book is the darkest and deepest in the series. I read it I think around 2010. But did not really get it until I myself ws dealing with chronic pain for months after a collarbone fracture. Although I knew it was not comparable I could then relate to how pain takes so much from you BUT Meg also dealt with PTSD in addition. At 60 I don't know many friends who do not have some kind of serious challenge. Even for young people though few will live in the White House many deal with illness or depression or family crises or violence Meg's situation is not resolved neatly But neither are most life situations
I do hope that a sequel happens. It would be hard to do it our current reality without creating an altenative time track But since this is fiction anyway...maybe post White House Meg deals with closure and coming to terms with personal and political issues as a new adult and working for justice in the context of a fictitious President who is opposed to all Kate stands for.