Not Fade Away: A Memoir of Senses Lost and Found.

ALEXANDER, Rebecca. Sascha Alper [Madeleine K. Albright].

$475.00

Item Number: 147377

New York : Gotham Books, 2014.

First edition of this captivating memoir of psychotherapist Rebecca Alexander. Octavo, original publisher’s half cloth, original braille dust jacket, bookplate to the front pastedown from “The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright.” Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, “Secretary Albright – It was such an honor to meet you at the Foundation Fighting Blindness awards dinner. My very best, Rebecca ♥.” Accompanied by an autographed note from Ann McLaughlin Korologos, “5/13/15 Dear Madeleine, Thank you – thank you. FFB dinner a huge success due to you and Rebecca Alexander. Thought you would enjoy reading her story – you are the best – generous selfless and , a positive power for us all. Warm best, Ann.” The recipient, Madeleine K. Albright, was the first woman to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State. She acted under President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001, leading the United States through foreign policy in the Middle East with the endorsement of military action in Iraq. At the 1998 NATO summit, Albright coined the “3 Ds” of NATO, “which is no diminution of NATO, no discrimination and no duplication – because I think that we don’t need any of those three “Ds” to happen.” After her tenure as Secretary of State, she served as chair of the consulting Albright Stonebridge Group and was the Michael and Virginia Mortara Endowed Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. For Albright’s contributions to foreign policy and relations that defined a century, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Bumping to the crown and foot of the spine, light bumping and rubbing to the dust jacket.

"A remarkable story of resilience and heart, 'Not Fade Away' follows Rebecca Alexander as she must navigate the world cursed with a rare genetic disorder that will one day rob her of both sight and hearing. Bereft of self-pity, funny, and bursting with honesty, 'Not Fade Away' will get its hooks in you. I promise that by the end of her story, you will fall just as in love with Rebecca as I have" ( Susannah Cahalan, New York Times bestselling author of 'Brain on Fire').