Magnificent Midlife

Anne Michaud is a veteran political journalist who reported for the Wall Street Journal and Newsday. She was named columnist of the year by the New York News Publishers Association. She recently published a new edition of her book Why They Stay: Sex scandals, deals, and hidden agendas of eight political wives. It’s a riveting read! It's fascinating to explore the similarities and differences between how political wives behave and the rest of us! We talk about: Why Anne chose to update her book The common traits of women who stay in marriages after husbands have cheated  Why Elizabeth Woodville is the perfect embodiment of these common traits The British couple Anne included in the book and why she specifically included them How the behaviors of these wives have changed over the years How the Trumps are different to everybody that Anne had previously researched Who most surprised Anne amongst the couples she researched  What motivated Anne to write this book The parallels and differences between politica