Exhausted of being in the public eye, recently widowed First Lady Cornelia needs some time away.  Slipping away from her security detail she finds herself traveling across country in a yellow RV with a cranky steel worker and two crazy and lovable children.

Mat is taking a break from his disappointing job when he discovers that his ex-wife has left him with the guardianship of two children that aren’t his.  He takes them across the country to find their grandmother and picks up a woman after her car is stolen.  She’s odd but helpful and seems vaguely familiar.

Stuck in a RV with a surly teenager and a cranky baby, they learn to depend on each other and eventually appreciate each other even as they wittily bicker.  First lady is a book that will tug your heartstrings and your funny bone.