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What happened
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- ISBN: 9781501175572
- ISBN: 1501175572
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1 online resource. - Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Simon & Schuster, 2017.
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- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2017 October #2
Let's get one thing out of the way at the top: Clinton takes personal responsibility for her loss in the 2016 presidential electionâand she does so multiple times throughout this memoir, which proves to be much more than a political autopsy. As in her previous books, Clinton is eagle-eyed about her faults and clearly recognizes where her statements and actions (deplorables, anyone?) worked against her. The headlines in the run-up to this book's publication have been all about her beef with Bernie Sanders and the toll that FBI director James Comey's unpredictable decisions took on her support, and, yes, there's plenty of meat on those bones. But in her wonkish way, and exhibiting a clear desire to figure out how it went wrong, Clinton goes much deeper than just examining the particulars of the campaign and the election. She digs deep, for example, into her campaign missteps in West Virginia's coal-mining country as a way of discussing why people vote against their economic interests. She also offers lessons learned from Trump to extrapolate about his presidency, which she does with prescience. There are a few incidents treated as nothing-to-look-at-here moments that could have used more discussion, especially Bill Clinton's tarmac meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, which is dismissed in a few sentences. But the remarkably few sour grapes expressed in the book hardly comprise a whine. Writing in her smart, sometimes self-deprecating voice, Clinton brings much-needed perspective to the election, especially for her millions of supporters, who also want to know what happened and why. Copyright 2017 Booklist Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 October #1
Gracious, sometimes-wonkish post-mortem of the last presidential election by its surprise loser, who still can't quite believeâ¦well, what happened."I ran for President because I thought I'd be good at the job," writes Clinton (Hard Choices, 2014, etc.), modestly. She adds, a touch less demurely, "I thought that of all the people who might run, I had the most relevant experience, meaningful accomplishments, and ambitious but achievable proposals, as well as the temperament to get things done in Washington." Against her was arrayed a field of Republican candidates that included the one no one took seriouslyâbut also, as the author notes in a reckoning that is remarkably measured, a whole cultural and political field of opponents, including Russian hackers and a grudge-bearing Vladimir Putin, the crew of WikiLeaks, Bernie Sanders and his devout followers, misogyny, and a few missteps that, refreshingly, Clinton's not shy about owning up to. (One takeaway: don't campaign with pneumonia. Take a day off.) Of the many enemies, writes the author, misogyny was likely the most intractable, even given James Comey, the screams about emails, voter suppression, and Donald Trump's hammering away about "lying Hillary," to say nothing about looming behind her creepily in debate. Mostly, Clinton campaigned against anger, and she could never quite get a handle on how to reckon with it. Pundits have since insisted that Clinton should have spoken more from the heart and been less managed, which isn't really how politics is doneâwell, until Trump came along and opened the door to a post-truth America. Of all the upshots, that truth business seems to be what bothers Clinton most, but mostly she's understandably amazed, as are so many, to have gone to bed in one America and awoken in another: "I picture future historians scratching their heads, trying to understand what happened. I'm still scratching mine, too." A touch too reserved and polite, given the circumstances, and in need of supplementing by hard-edged books like Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes' Shattered. Still, a useful book to readâand, for many, to mourn over. Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2017 May #1
This just in: a new book from Clinton that features essays about her life, all the way up to the 2016 presidential campaign. The pieces are inspired by quotations she has collected over the years. As she says, "These are the words I live by. These quotes have helped me celebrate the good times, laugh at the absurd times, persevere during the hard times, and deepen my appreciation of all life has to offer. I hope by sharing these words and my thoughts about them, the essays will be meaningful for readers."
Copyright 2017 Library Journal. - LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
Readers will find here much more than an analysis or explanation of the unexpected outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Clinton certainly addresses the campaign and its many twists and turns, but she also provides background on her path to becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major political party. She methodically describes the obstructions she faced, such as the traditional resistance to female officeholders at all levels, Russia's weaponized information, and the unique complications presented by her use of a private email account during her service as Secretary of State. One fascinating section describes a nearly hour-by-hour schedule for a typical day in the life of a presidential candidate. Clinton presents extensive statistics to demonstrate the inaccuracy of reasons offered by pundits for her loss, such as her unpopularity. She believes that winning three million more votes than the successful candidate dispels that interpretation. Throughout the book, Clinton describes the frustration her campaign experienced when her legislative message was constantly overshadowed by media coverage of her email mistakes or other nonissue-related stories. Clinton provides an engaging narrative about her background and effort to attain the country's highest office as well as a revealing expression of her emotions following her defeat. Verdict Readers interested in learning about the 2016 presidential campaign and Clinton will find this to be a satisfying and informative book.âJill Ortner, SUNY Buffalo Libs. (c) Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
