The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents - A Memoir Book

Pros: Interesting look at the White House through the eyes of the military doctor that served Bush (#43) briefly and then Clinton.

Cons: I really did not like the author. She is a rich Asian doctor whose patients are American Presidents, but she constantly acts like a whiny victim. She is in the military, but gets personally offended anytime she is tested (or looked at funny) by new teammates. She repeatedly claims the title "person of color" and associates herself with the suffering of her "sister" African-Americans. She is fixated on her gender, race and never "fitting in" or "belonging" to her perception of male/white America. She has an us-versus-them mentality against Caucasians.

She also treats her husband and children horribly - eventually alienating her children and divorcing her husband. She is self-aware and describes herself as a "horrible wife and mother" but does nothing to change it. Her career is her priority and everything else is just a distraction to her. She shows no regret for the damage she did to loved ones in pursuit of her career.

She is also a very partisan Democrat. Hillary is a paragon of virtue to her. She claims she never tested Bill Clinton for STDs and resents being asked about it repeatedly by reporters and the general public. She claims she never witnessed even a hint of hanky-panky by Bill in the White House. She accuses Kenneth Starr and Republicans of falsely "attacking" Bill for sexual impropriety; describing them as "vile", "odious" and "the enemy" multiple times. She later briefly describes (in a couple paragraphs) her shock at seeing Bill's television confession about Lewinsky and then brushes the entire topic under the rug.

This book is insidious. After being privy to the author's internal thoughts, I now wonder if the smiling (seemingly happy) Filipinos that I encounter in service roles secretly hate me because I'm white and hope for my ill fortune. Not a nice way to see life. :-/