Patti Davis
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Patti Davis (born Patricia Ann Reagan on October 21, 1952 in Los Angeles, California) is the daughter of Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis. She is the older sister of Ron Reagan, and the half-sister of Maureen Reagan and Michael Reagan. She was called the black sheep of the Reagan children; and her conflict with her parents was well publicized. Davis is a bestselling author.
She was romantically involved with Bernie Leadon of the Eagles for a time in the 1970s [1]; and she co-wrote with him the song "I Wish You Peace," which appeared on the Eagles' One of These Nights album.
She is known for her pro-choice viewpoint on abortion and for being against nuclear weapons. She wrote fictionalized accounts of her life that did not portray her family in a positive light and an autobiography The Way I See It, which contained the revelations that her father was cold, distant, and aloof to everyone except Nancy. It also contained accusations of physical abuse by her mother. In 1994 she posed nude for Playboy magazine.
She married her yoga instructor Paul Grilley in 1984, but they divorced in 1990.
In recent years, however, Davis reconciled with her parents, especially as they coped with her father's Alzheimer's disease. She wrote books that portrayed her family in a more positive light; and she was active in the Reagan family's actions against John Hinckley and a CBS mini-series called The Reagans. Davis also published columns and articles in a number of newspapers and magazines, and wrote the screenplay for the Hallmark movie "Sacrifices of The Heart".
[edit] Books
- Davis, Patti. Two Cats and the Woman They Own Chronicle Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8118-5166-4
- Davis, Patti. Homefront. 1986 (quasi-novel)
- Davis, Patti. Deadfall. 1989. (novel)
- Davis, Patti. A House of Secrets. 1991 (quasi-novel)
- Davis, Patti. The Way I See It: An Autobiography. Putnam, 1992. ISBN 0-399-13748-3.
- Davis, Patti. Bondage. Simon & Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0-671-86953-1. (novel)
- Davis, Patti. Angels Don't Die: My Father's Gift of Faith. Harper Collins, 1995. ISBN 0-06-017324-6.
- Davis, Patti. The Long Goodbye. Knopf, 2004. ISBN 0-679-45092-0.
