Post by Webster on Sept 17, 2020 11:13:54 GMT -5
(The Guardian) Barack Obama promotes new book to be published after November election
The first volume of former US president Barack Obama’s memoirs is to be published globally on 17 November 2020 by Penguin Random House, placing the release just two weeks after the US election. It will be issued simultaneously in 25 languages.
The publishers describe the first volume as covering the story of “his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world” indicating that it will cover his ascendency to being the first Black American president of the United States, and his first term in office.
Obama himself tweeted about the publication, stating “There’s no feeling like finishing a book, and I’m proud of this one.”
He said that in the volume he tries to “provide an honest accounting of my presidency, the forces we grapple with as a nation, and how we can heal our divisions and make democracy work for everybody.”
The publishers state that Obama “offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of US partisan politics and international diplomacy.” -- Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House situation room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Valdimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about US strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.
Penguin Random House say that in the book “He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment.”
Obama adds “I hope more than anything that the book inspires young people across the country—and around the globe—to take up the baton, lift up their voices, and play their part in remaking the world for the better.”
In the US, the print edition, which includes two 16-page photo inserts, will sell for $45, while there is an $18 digital edition. An unabridged audio edition of the book, read by the author himself, will be simultaneously released in digital and physical formats
Details about an Obama book tour will be announced later this autumn. A publication date for the second, and concluding, volume of the memoirs has not yet been set.
The first volume of former US president Barack Obama’s memoirs is to be published globally on 17 November 2020 by Penguin Random House, placing the release just two weeks after the US election. It will be issued simultaneously in 25 languages.
The publishers describe the first volume as covering the story of “his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world” indicating that it will cover his ascendency to being the first Black American president of the United States, and his first term in office.
Obama himself tweeted about the publication, stating “There’s no feeling like finishing a book, and I’m proud of this one.”
He said that in the volume he tries to “provide an honest accounting of my presidency, the forces we grapple with as a nation, and how we can heal our divisions and make democracy work for everybody.”
The publishers state that Obama “offers a unique and thoughtful exploration of both the awesome reach and the limits of presidential power, as well as singular insights into the dynamics of US partisan politics and international diplomacy.” -- Obama brings readers inside the Oval Office and the White House situation room, and to Moscow, Cairo, Beijing, and points beyond. We are privy to his thoughts as he assembles his cabinet, wrestles with a global financial crisis, takes the measure of Valdimir Putin, overcomes seemingly insurmountable odds to secure passage of the Affordable Care Act, clashes with generals about US strategy in Afghanistan, tackles Wall Street reform, responds to the devastating Deepwater Horizon blowout, and authorizes Operation Neptune’s Spear, which leads to the death of Osama bin Laden.
Penguin Random House say that in the book “He is frank about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad, open about how living in the White House affected his wife and daughters, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment.”
Obama adds “I hope more than anything that the book inspires young people across the country—and around the globe—to take up the baton, lift up their voices, and play their part in remaking the world for the better.”
In the US, the print edition, which includes two 16-page photo inserts, will sell for $45, while there is an $18 digital edition. An unabridged audio edition of the book, read by the author himself, will be simultaneously released in digital and physical formats
Details about an Obama book tour will be announced later this autumn. A publication date for the second, and concluding, volume of the memoirs has not yet been set.