enlightened and that s what a novel or a book could do for you. it was both thing she wanted to promote. more than anything else that was her life work. my interactions with her around the literacy events was there she was with peoplous authors people like herself and people who benefitted from the foundation s work. and she wanted everyone together, the famous authors to meet the people who had been served by the foundation s work? there was never a time when i was there that she didn t introduce me to somebody who learned to read because of br p barbara bush. talk about the reviews she gave you on your books? she was kind to me. i was looking through my naturals. she had sort of a super natural charisma. for sure. not to knock the rest of the family but you could be in a room with both presidents and barbara dominated. something drew you to her.