The embargo on Laura Bush’s memoir, to be published next week, is broken today by the New York Times, which managed to find a copy at a bookstore.

The revelations the Times reports are a bit tepid; Laura Bush scolds people for criticizing her husband and justifies his actions (including the Katrina flyover). She does, however, address an issue she has not spoken about publicly before; as a teenager, she ran a stop sign and killed a fellow high school student. She says the incident caused her to lose her faith for many years.

She also implies that she and the president may have been poisoned at a G-8 Summit, but the reported evidence is pretty weak.

Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush Retail Price: $30.00 Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Scribner – (2010-05-04) ISBN / EAN: 1439155208 / 9781439155202

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Her husband’s book is set for release in November. Compare the two titles; further evidence that women are from Venus and men are from Mars?

Decision Points George W. Bush Retail Price: $35.00 Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Crown – (2010-11-09) ISBN / EAN: 0307590615 / 9780307590619

Large Print; Trade Pbk; Random House; 9780739377826; $35

Audio; ABR; 9780307748645; $35

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