Promise Me, Dad - Joe Biden
Joe Biden
KORTE INHOUD
In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered for their traditional Thanksgiving celebration. But this year felt different from previous. Joe and Jill Biden's eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain. 'Promise me, Dad,' Beau had told his father. 'Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right.' Joe Biden gave him his word.,Promise Me, Dad chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's extraordinary life and career. Vice President Biden travelled more than a hundred thousand miles that year, across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine, Central America and Iraq. While Beau fought for, and then lost his life, the Vice President balanced the twin imperatives of living up to his responsibilities to his country and his responsibilities to his family, while contemplating the insistent and urgent question of whether he should seek the...
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2020Uitgever: Palgrave Macmillan304 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 198x129ISBN-10: 1509890084ISBN-13: 9781509890088Koop dit boek tweedehands
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290 p. Paperback (In very good condition.) London, Pan Books 2019 [Auteur: Biden, Joe] [Jaar: 2019] [Titel: Promise Me, Dad. A year of hope, hardship and purpose]
