As far as this goes. That being said. [applause] next some booktv, encore booknotes. In 1994 or Liz Carpenter discussed her books unplanned parenthood the confessions of a seventysomething surrogate mother. The book focuses on ms. Carpenters experiences raising rates three teenage nieces and nephews at age 79. She also discusses her years in the white house working as press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson. This is about an hour. Cspan Liz Carpenter, you say early in your book that, by heritage and by profession, i am a storyteller. Where did you learn that . Guest i think growing up. I grew up in rural texas. Rural areas seem to you need entertainment, and so my family had been rooted in texas for five generations and they were full of tales that had been handmedowns. We heard them a lot around the fireplace while youre cracking pecans, and it grew. Then, of course, i just was propelled to be a journalist, and thats what i did. I went to the university of texas and came to washington w