Hillary Rodham Clinton
Kindle Edition | Pages: 512 pages Rating: 3.95 | 46588 Users | 5930 Reviews
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| Original Title: | What Happened ASIN B01MYE7QP0 |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2017) |
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“In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I’m letting my guard down.” —Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What HappenedFor the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking and feeling during one of the most controversial and unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs and infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference, and an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet.
In these pages, she describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking and devastating loss, and how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterward. With humor and candor, she tells readers what it took to get back on her feet—the rituals, relationships, and reading that got her through, and what the experience has taught her about life. She speaks about the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age, and appearance, and the double standard confronting women in politics.
She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on our democracy by a foreign adversary. By analyzing the evidence and connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, and why Americans need to understand them to protect our values and our democracy in the future.
The election of 2016 was unprecedented and historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign and its aftermath—both a deeply intimate account and a cautionary tale for the nation.
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| Title | : | What Happened |
| Author | : | Hillary Rodham Clinton |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 512 pages |
| Published | : | September 12th 2017 by Simon & Schuster |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Politics. Autobiography. Memoir. Biography. Audiobook. History. Feminism |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 46588 Users | 5930 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books What Happened
When I finish a book, I usually write a review almost instantly and I do it quickly trying to go from the gut. For some reason, I've been dawdling over my review of What Happened.I listened to the audio as I walked to and from work over the last several weeks. In parallel, being the news junky that I am, I have watched the ongoing craziness south of the border. This is not a perfect book and Hillary Clinton is not perfect, but Jeez Louise, really? My favourite parts of the book are those whereThere are already zillions of reviews....and it took me forever to get this book from the library... ( ebook) ... Im still on the waitlist for the Audiobook. Here are a few of my LATE-TO-THE-PARTY THOUGHTS....It must be very odd for Hillary... being in her shoes..Her conflicting feelings must be an ongoing ongoing ongoing-basically never ending conflict!!! Happy if Trump is failing?/! yet crazy worried for Americans and the world at large. I really enjoyed reading this book. Hilary was real. I
March 2020: At this point I am just going to say I told you so. You could have voted for Overprepared Email Lady but misogyny and I want to drink a beer with the loud orange guy won out. And now look where we are...in quarantine because the orange guy does not know how to prepare for a crisis. Note, I'm leaving the original pre-review below the actual review. Disclaimer: I voted for Hillary Clinton in both of her presidential campaigns, and Id vote for her again in a damn heart beat. So, yeah
This book flies in the beginning, slows later on, but despite the vicissitudes, I couldn't put it down. I voted for Bernie Sanders in the presidential primaries, and his book, Our Revolution , was the first I read about the election.The second related book I read more recently, The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump , and it was like an infusion of sanity.What Happened feels like the third in a medicinal trilogy. It is healing to read a funny (the specifics of the phone and email stuff are
Hillary has given me a lot to think about.
For the record, it hurts to be torn apart. I doubt I will go into too much depth about this book. I figure that most people fall into one of two groups - those who already know about and agree on the political aspects of What Happened, and those who will refuse to read it on principle (and may hate me on principle just for giving it a high rating).As expected, it covers the events leading up to, during, and after the 2016 election. Hillary talks policy issues inc. immigration, gun control and
4.5 StarsI definitely was sobbing so hard while listening to this that I had to pause the audiobook and cuddle my blankie. It ripped open old wounds from January 2017 and fleshed out Hillary's side to the election that I was previously blind to. I've tried to read political books before and gotten lost in all of the policy discussion, but every page of this made sense because I read every article she referenced and I lived through and clicked away from all the discussion surrounding this
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