Beth Garrison

Bush family biography: one big gossip column

Kitty Kelley, bestselling author and celebrity biographer, is no stranger to controversy. Her sordid, tabloid tomes have targeted media icons such as Frank Sinatra, Jackie Kennedy, Nancy Reagan and the British royal family, the latter being so controversial that it was actually banned in the UK. Kelley's sprawling new book, "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty," is unfortunately certain to generate a similar frenzy in the upcoming months, not because it is a deep, probing historical inquiry into Bush's past, but because it appeals to the American obsession with scandalous gossip and titillating rumors. Ironically, the parts of the book focused on George W.