Ronnie and Nancy: a very special love story.

• Author: Donaldson, Sam

Ronnie and Nancy: A Very Special Love Story.

Ronnie and Nancy: A Very Special Love Story. Bill Adler. Crown Publishers, $14.95 Let us accept, as I do, that Ronnie and Nancy really do love each other and that their marriage is a good one. Still, are they not human? That is to say, do they not sometimes quarrel, sometimes see things differently, sometimes neglect their children, sometimes sleep on opposite sides of the bed?

No, no, no, says Bill Adler. Their love is all kissy poo taffy candy goo.

Jimmy Carter once told me that in late 1966, despondent over the loss of a political race, he struggled to hold his, family together. His and Rosalynn's marriage was going through some tough times. That's the way it goes with human beings. The Carters stayed together, and I have never doubted their love.

The rap on Ronnie and Nancy is that they are plastic characters living in...