--- title: Jenna Bush Hager, Barbara Pierce Bush Will Publish Memoir description: Find out the details on Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager's upcoming memoir. canonical: https://time.com/4695571/jenna-and-barbara-bush-publishing-memoir/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-08T18:23:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:07.339Z og:title: Bush Twins Will Publish a Memoir on Their 'Wild and Wonderful' Lives og:description: The duo say they'll give readers 'a more nuanced look behind the headlines' og:url: https://time.com/4695571/jenna-and-barbara-bush-publishing-memoir/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d864a663fe9c870/6988bd9b7cdbac244ed57679/jenna-bush-barbara-bush-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Prabal Gurung - Front Row - Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week: The Shows og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bush Twins Will Publish a Memoir on Their 'Wild and Wonderful' Lives twitter:description: The duo say they'll give readers 'a more nuanced look behind the headlines' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d864a663fe9c870/6988bd9b7cdbac244ed57679/jenna-bush-barbara-bush-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bush Twins Will Publish a Memoir on Their 'Wild and Wonderful' Lives > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows) Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows by [Tierney McAfee / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Tierney McAfee / People Contributor Mar 8, 2017 6:23 PM UTC Former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush gave the nation a rare glimpse into their experiences growing up in the public eye with their recent [heartfelt open letter](http://people.com/politics/bush-sisters-letter-to-sasha-malia-obama/) to [Malia](http://people.com/tag/malia-obama/) and [Sasha Obama](http://people.com/tag/sasha-obama/). Now they’re taking a big step further, sharing never-before-told anecdotes about their lives, loves and losses in a new joint memoir, [_Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life_](http://www.sistersfirst.com/)_._ In the upcoming book, the 35-year-old twin daughters of former President [George W. Bush](http://people.com/tag/george-w-bush/) and former First Lady [Laura Bush](http://people.com/tag/laura-bush/) look back on the many moments that have shaped their remarkable lives — from their public debut at the 1989 inauguration of their grandfather, former President George H.W. Bush, to their own father’s swearing-in 12 years later, to their college years spent under the watchful eye of the Secret Service and the paparazzi, and beyond. “We’ve always felt lucky that we had each other to walk side-by-side as sisters through the extraordinary circumstances of our ordinary lives,” Jenna and Barbara Bush tell PEOPLE exclusively. “We are so excited to share the stories that mean the most to us — from the ones that made us laugh to those that shaped us the most — and we hope to make [_Sisters First_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538711419/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=people0d0-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1538711419&linkId=d6f918a35d68fdd0cbd808564f82e68e) an entertaining read that will also give readers a more nuanced look behind the headlines.” The book, due out Oct. 24, also features a foreword by their mother, Laura. This isn’t Jenna’s first outing as an author. She also wrote the _New York Times_ bestseller [_Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061379093/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=people0d0-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0061379093&linkId=c20596a9c9be4cfc408e214eec64fc4f)and co-wrote with her mother two [children’s books](http://people.com/books/jenna-bush-hager-writes-second-childrens-book-with-mom-laura-bush/). Jenna is a correspondent for the _Today_ show, a contributor to _NBC Nightly News_ and an editor-at-large for _Southern Living_ magazine. Barbara is the co-founder and CEO of Global Health Corps, a nonprofit organization promoting global health equity. _Sisters First_ will be published by Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group. Ben Sevier, senior vice president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing, said of the book, “Grand Central is proud to publish this touching and funny portrait of two sisters leading singular American lives. The nation has watched Jenna and Barbara grow up — from children in their grandfather’s White House to mischievous young women in their father’s to civic-minded adults making their mark in the fields of journalism and global health.” He continued, “_Sisters First_ is the story the public hasn’t heard, told with an intimacy that only twin sisters can share, and our publishing team cannot wait to bring this dual memoir to the world.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/books/jenna-barbara-bush-new-memoir/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4695571/jenna-and-barbara-bush-publishing-memoir/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4695571/jenna-and-barbara-bush-publishing-memoir/"},"headline":"Bush Twins Will Publish a Memoir on Their 'Wild and Wonderful' Lives","datePublished":"2017-03-08T18:23:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:07.339Z","description":"The duo say they'll give readers 'a more nuanced look behind the headlines'","url":"https://time.com/4695571/jenna-and-barbara-bush-publishing-memoir/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d864a663fe9c870/6988bd9b7cdbac244ed57679/jenna-bush-barbara-bush-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tierney McAfee / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0d864a663fe9c870/6988bd9b7cdbac244ed57679/jenna-bush-barbara-bush-memoir.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prabal Gurung - Front Row - Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week: The Shows","caption":"Prabal Gurung - Front Row - Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week: The Shows","creditText":"Astrid Stawiarz—Getty Images for NYFW: The Shows","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4695571/jenna-and-barbara-bush-publishing-memoir/","name":"Bush Twins Will Publish a Memoir on Their 'Wild and Wonderful' Lives"}}]}] ```