Promise Me, Dad: The Heartbreaking Story of Joe Biden's Most Difficult Year

Promise Me,Dad is a heartfelt memoir by President-Elect Joe Biden about the year his son Beau was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor and his journey as he balanced his responsibilities as Vice President and father. It explores themes of family,friendship,hope,and action.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 01 November 2018
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

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From President-Elect Joe Biden, the winner of the 2020 United States presidential election, comes Promise Me Dad, a deeply moving memoir that chronicles the year that forever changed both a family and a country. Biden weaves a heartbreaking tale with an election story and a foreign affairs narrative, offering something for everyone, regardless of which strand draws them in.

In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered for their traditional Thanksgiving celebration. However, this year felt different, as Joe and Jill Biden's eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain. Promise me, Dad, Beau had pleaded with 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 traveled more than a hundred thousand miles that year, across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine, Central America, and Iraq. While Beau fought for his life and then lost it, 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 resilience can help us overcome even the most difficult circumstances. It is a testament to the power of love, loyalty, and the human spirit, and a reminder that no matter what challenges we face, we are never alone.

Weight: 218g
Dimension: 194 x 138 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509890088