>>> AND WELCOME BACK ON A TUESDAY MORNING.
TUESDAY MORNING. WE HAVE TWO VERY SPECIAL GUESTS
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. AND THEY HAVE A NEW BOOK OUT,
AND IT’S ABOUT SOMETHING WITH
WHICH THEY ARE VERY FAMILIAR
SISTER HOOD.
SISTER HOOD. JENNA BUSH HAGER, BARBARA PIERCE
BUSH.
BUSH. >> HANG ON.
>> HOW ARE YOU ALL?
>> WE SEE JBH ALL THE TIME, WE
DON’T GET TO SEE YOU THOUGH.
>> I DON’T GET A HUG?
>> I JUST SAW YOU.
>> I LIKE THE CORDUROY, BY THE
WAY.
WAY. >> THANK YOU, AL.
>> HOT PINK CORDUROY.
>> VERY NICE.
>> DON’T ENCOURAGE HIM.
>> I THINK SO.
>> I FEEL LIKE HE WOULD TRY IT.
>> HE’S ALREADY GOT GLASSES TO
MATCH.
MATCH. >> THEY’RE COORDINATED.
>> SO WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS.
>> WELL, WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE
TO BE IN A GREAT SISTER HOOD,
AND WE ALSO KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE
TO HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE LIKE
SISTERS, COLLEAGUES, LIKE DYLAN
WHO’S WEARING MY OLD MATERNITY
DRESS.
DRESS. >> THANK YOU FOR THIS.
>> THAT’S WHAT SISTER HOOD
MEANS.
MEANS. IT MEANS MAKING THE WOMEN AROUND
YOU FEEL BRAVE AND CONFIDENT AND
WE HAVE THAT IN EACH OTHER.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
IN FRIENDSHIP.
IN FRIENDSHIP. >> I JUST READ THIS BOOK IN THE
ORANGE ROOM, AND WHAT I LOVE
ABOUT IT IS IT’S GOT SUCH A
GREAT MESSAGE BUT THE RHYMING IN
THERE IS SO WELL DONE.
SOMETIMES THE RHYMING CAN BE OFF
AND FLOWSTHROUGHOUT THROWS OFF T
STORY BUT EVERYTHING IS SO
PERFECTLY TOGETHER, AND
IMAGINATION, AND BEING EXCITED
TO LIVE LIFE WITH SOMEONE.
>> WE’RE SO LUCKY.
WE WERE BORN WITH A PARTNER,
BEING TWINS, AND SO OUR
IMAGINATIONS ARE SO MUCH BIGGER
BECAUSE OF EACH OTHER, AND MANY
OF THE WORLDS THAT WE WERE ABLE
TO CREATE WITH OUR ILLUSTRATOR
IN THE BOOK ARE THESE FANTASY
WORLDS THAT WE LIVED IN WHEN WE
WERE LITTLE.
WERE LITTLE. WE THOUGHT WE WERE CATS, WE
THOUGHT WE WERE MERMAIDS.
>> WE ACTUALLY ONLY WENT BY CAT
NAMES.
NAMES. >> I WAS ROSE BUD.
>> I WAS ROSE BUD, YOU WERE
MARMALADE.
MARMALADE. WE WERE A CAT FAMILY FOR
HALLOWEEN.
HALLOWEEN. I HAVE NOW PATCHED IT ON.
MY MOM WAS, WHAT WAS MOM.
>> STRIPES.
>> STRIPES. >> AND DAD WAS TOMMY TOUGH.
>> AS YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN
OLDER, HAS YOUR RELATIONSHIP
REMAINED IN A SENSE THE SAME OR
HAS IT EVOLVED?
>> I THINK IT’S STAYED PRETTY
MUCH THE SAME.
SOMEBODY ASKED US LAST NIGHT IF
BARBARA GETTING MARRIED, AND BY
THE WAY, SHE MET HER HUSBAND ON
OUR LAST BOOK TOUR, SO WHO KNOWS
WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN THIS TIME
AROUND.
AROUND. BUT WE ASKED, YOU KNOW, IF
BARBARA GETTING MARRIED CHANGED
OUR RELATIONSHIP, AND IT REALLY
HASN’T.
HASN’T. BARBARA SAID, I HAVE BEEN
MARRIED SINCE I WAS A CHILD
BRIDE AND HENRY ALWAYS KNEW WE
CAME AS A PACKAGE DEAL.
WE USED TO ACTUALLY CALL HENRY
THE HAM AND THE HAM SANDWICH.
BUT NO, I MEAN, I THINK -- IT’S
EVOLVED IN THAT WE ARE SHARED
MAYBE DEEPER THINGS.
>> BUT WE’RE STILL JUST AS
CLOSE.
CLOSE. I HAVE MORE FUN WHEN JEAN NA ISN
AROUND.
AROUND. >> WE ALL DO.
>> YOU SHARE A LOT OF STORIES.
>> WE SHARE A LOT OF STORIES,
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
FUN WRITING OUR FIRST BOOK THAT
WAS AN ADULT BOOK, "SISTERS
FIRST" AND THIS WAS GETTING TO
EXPLORE THE STORIES FROM OUR
CHILDHOOD AND REMEMBER THEM
TOGETHER BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY
SHARED EXPERIENCES THAT WE WOULD
GO ON LONG WALKS AND THINK OF A
STORY AND FILL IN THE DETAILS
FOR EACH OTHER.
>> "WALL STREET JOURNAL" SAYS
THERE’S BENEFITS TO SHARING AND
RETELLING OF FAMILY STORIES.
A STUDY AT EMERY SAYS 90% OF
TEENS RETELL FAMILY STORIES WHEN
ASKED AND EVEN IF THEY DIDN’T
PAY ATTENTION DURING THE STORY
TELLING, THEY STILL RETAINED IT,
AND IT’S A REAL HERITAGE THAT
THEY SHARE.
THEY SHARE. >> I MEAN, I BET ALL OF YOU CAN
SAY, OH, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS 3
YEARS OLD, IT’S LIKE CAN WE
REALLY REMEMBER OR WERE OUR
PARENTS SO AMUSED OR MAYBE IN MY
CASE, EMBARRASSED, NOT REALLY,
BY US THAT THEY TELL US THESE
STORIES THAT KIND OF BECOME THE
NARRATIVE OF WHO WE ARE.
>> RETOLD OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS
PARTICULARLY FUN ABOUT OUR FIRST
BOOK IS WE REALLY EXPLORED SOME
STORIES ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT
CAME BEFORE US.
OUR GRANDPARENTS, WE KNOW WHAT
THEIR FIRST DATE WAS LIKE.
WE KNOW WHERE OUR GRANDPARENTS
GOT ENGAGED AND THEN IN THE YEAR
AFTER, BARBARA AND I BOTH LOST
OUR THREE REMAINING
GRANDPARENTS.
GRANDPARENTS. IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOUR
GRANDPARENTS ARE, GET TO KNOW
YOUR FAMILY.
YOUR FAMILY. >> TELL THOSE STORIES.
>> AND NOW YOU’RE TELLING THE
CHILDHOOD STORIES.
CHILDHOOD STORIES. >> I LOVE THE ILLUSTRATIONS, BY
THE WAY, AND I ALSO LIKE THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE INCLUDED A
NUMBER OF CHARACTERS, IT’S A
DISVERSE BOOK, LIKE THE
CHARACTERS LIKE LIKE AMERICA.
>> THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US.
>> WELL DONE, SISTERS FIRST.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW WHAT, CRAIG, YOU CAN BE
PART OF OUR SISTER HOOD TOO.
>> SIGN ME UP.
>> WHAT WOULD CRAIG’S CAT NAME
BE?
BE? >> CRAIG’S CAT NAME WOULD BE
DIMPLE.
DIMPLE. >> THAT WAS QUICK.
THAT WAS QUICK.
>> DOESN’T HE LOOK LIKE HE WOULD
BE A CUTE CAT.
HE ONLY HAS ONE DIMPLE.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
YOU. BARBARA YOU’RE WELCOME HERE
ANYTIME.
ANYTIME. >> THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.