My Life - Bill Clinton |
Title: My Life Bill Clinton Audio Book
My Life Bill Clinton Audio Book Description: An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton's My Life is
a refreshingly candid look at the former president as a son, brother,
teacher, father, husband, and public figure. Clinton painstakingly
outlines the history behind his greatest successes and failures,
including his dedication to educational and economic reform, his war
against a "vast right-wing operation" determined to destroy him, and the
"morally indefensible" acts for which he was nearly impeached. My Life is autobiography as therapy--a personal history written by a man trying to face and banish his private demons.
Clinton approaches the story of his youth with gusto, sharing tales of
giant watermelons, nine-pound tumors, a charging ram, famous mobsters
and jazz musicians, and a BB gun standoff. He offers an equally
energetic portrait of American history,
pop culture, and the evolving political landscape, covering the
historical events that shaped his early years (namely the deaths of
Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK) and the events that shaped his presidency (Waco, Bosnia, Somalia). What makes My Life remarkable as a political memoir is how thoroughly it is infused with Clinton's unassuming, charmingly pithy voice:
I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts, and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can't be judged only by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgments can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only, response to pain.
However, that same voice might tire readers as Clinton applies his
penchant for minute details to a distractible laundry list of events,
from his youth through the years of his presidency. Not wanting to
forget a single detail that might help account for his actions, Clinton
overdoes it--do we really need to know the name of his childhood barber?
But when Clinton sticks to the meat of his story--recollections about
Mother, his abusive stepfather, Hillary, the campaign trail, and Kenneth Starr--the veracity of emotion and Kitchen Confidential-type revelations about "what it is like to be President" make My Life impossible to put down.
To Clinton, "politics is a contact sport," and while he claims that My Life is
not intended to make excuses or assign blame, it does portray him as a
fighter whose strategy is to "take the first hit, then counter punch as hard as I could." While My Life is
primarily a stroll through Clinton's memories, it is also a scathing
rebuke--a retaliation against his detractors, including Kenneth Starr,
whose "mindless search for scandal" protected the guilty while
"persecuting the innocent" and distracted his Administration from
pressing international matters (including strikes on al Qaeda).
Counterpunch indeed.
At its core, My Life is a charming and intriguing if flawed book
by an equally intriguing and flawed man who had his worst failures and
humiliations made public. Ultimately, the man who left office in the
shadow of scandal offers an honest and open account of his life,
allowing readers to witness his struggle to "drain the most out of every
moment" while maintaining the character with which he was raised. It is
a remarkably intimate, persuasive look at the boy he was, the President
he became, and man he is today.
My Life Bill Clinton Audio Book Size: 271 MB
My Life Bill Clinton Audio Book No. of CDs: 6
My Life Bill Clinton Audio Book Type: MP3
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