"In any world worth living in, love trumps politics by a million.The Long Goodbye is a love letter from Patti Davis to both her parents--a work that beautifully combines intellectual insight and endless devotion.Everyone who has ever lived in a divided family should read this book."-CAROLYN SEE,author of Making a Literary Life

To Americans, Ronald Reagan was a president and a national icon, a man many revered for restoring our faith in ourselves and our country.To Patti Davis, he was a father, the man who taught her to ride a bicycle and who gave her hand away in marriage. In The Long Goodbye, she describes losing her father by saying, "Alzheimer's snips away at the threads, a slow unraveling, a steady retreat; as a witness all you can do is watch, cry, and whisper a soft stream of goodbyes."

Patti Davis delves into her memories to touch her father again, to hear his voice, to keep alive the years she had with him. In so doing, she provides us with an intimate glimpse into an extraordinary American family--and the courage it takes to heal old wounds, to bring together a splintered family.