Promise Me, Dad
Author: Joe Biden
ISBN: 978-1509890088
Price: Rs. 499.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
The international memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. The instant #1 New York Times bestseller from president-elect Joe Biden, promise me dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. 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, youre 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 bidens 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 presidency in 2016. Even in the worst times, Biden was able to Lean on the strength of his long, deep bonds with his family, on his faith, and on his deepening friendship with the man in the oval Office, Barack Obama. Promise me, dad is a story of how family and friendships sustain us and how hope, purpose and action can guide us through the pain of personal loss into the light of a new future.
Browse this title within our Autobiography collection. Edition details: Paperback, English, 304 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1509890088.
About the Author
President-elect Joe Biden won the most votes of any US presidential candidate in history when he won the 2020 election with his running mate Kamala Harris. He represented Delaware for thirty-six years in the US Senate before serving as 47th Vice President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. As the Vice President, Joe Biden addressed important issues facing the nation and represented America abroad, traveling over 1.2 million miles to more than fifty countries. He convened sessions of the President’s Cabinet, led interagency efforts, and worked with Congress in his fight to raise the living standards of middle-class Americans, reduce gun violence, address violence against women and end cancer as we know it.Biden continues his legacy of expanding opportunity for all with the creation of the Biden Foundation, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania and the Biden Domestic Policy Institute at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics and the memoir Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Paperback
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1509890088
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan UK
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What is this book about?
The international memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. The instant #1 New York Times bestseller from president-elect Joe Biden, promise me dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. In November 2014,...
Who should read this book?
Valuable for university students, educators, and scholars seeking authoritative reference material and structured subject mastery.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this book for its rare blend of public leadership and private heartbreak. Promise Me, Dad lets you step into a year where world events collide with a father’s deepest fear, showing how grace, duty, and love can coexist under immense pressure. It’s honest, tender, and deeply human—offering comfort, perspective, and quiet strength when life feels overwhelming.
- Published by Pan Macmillan UK.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 304.
Catalog Description
The international memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. The instant #1 New York Times bestseller from president-elect Joe Biden, promise me dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country. 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, youre going to be all...
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