Promise me Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose
(2017)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
MEMOIR/BIDEN,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Flatiron Books, 2017
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
260 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781250171672 (hardcover), 1250171679 (hardcover)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Biden family Thanksgiving -- Have a purpose -- Solace -- Trust -- Keeping busy -- It has to be you -- Calculated risks -- Home base -- You have to tell them the truth -- Can you stay? -- Run, Joe, run -- Epilogue
The former vice-president of the United States chronicles the difficult final year of his son's battle with cancer, his efforts to balance his responsibilities to the country and his family, and the lessons he learned