ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN is the

poignant, moving, emotion-filled story

of Michael Reagan, the President s

oldest sou. Adopted at birth by Ronald

Reagan and Jane wyman, Michael

Reagan appeared to have everything

going for him as a child of one ofHol-

lywood s leading men and an academy-

award winning actress. Surrounded by

movie stars and a life of luxury, the

world could have bccn his for the tak-

ing. But his parents divorce when he

was only three, and the revelation

shortly thereafter that he was adopted,

plunged Michael into an abyss of

despair. Tormented by misconceptions

about his adoption, hoarded out at

school when he entered first grade,

seeing his parents on television or in

the movies more often than in person,

and with no one to talk to, Michael

has carried a tragic secret with him all

his life.

Here, in ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING

IN, hc unburdens himself at long last.

He tells about his very special love for

his father; gives us a candid, off-screen

look at his mother, Jane Wyman; and

reveals the truth about his relation-

ships with his sister, Maureen, and his

step-mother, First Lady Nancy Reagan.