What happened

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Book - 2017

The former secretary of state relates her experiences as the first woman candidate nominated for president by a major party, discussing the sexism, criticism, and double standards she had to confront, and how she coped with a devastating loss.

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Subjects
Genres
Autobiographies
Published
New York : Simon & Schuster 2017.
Language
English
Main Author
Hillary Rodham Clinton (author)
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xiv, 494 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781501175565
  • Authors Note
  • Perseverance
  • Showing Up
  • Grit and Gratitude
  • Competition
  • Get Caught Trying
  • Getting Started
  • A Day in the Life
  • Sisterhood
  • On Being a Woman in Politics
  • Motherhood, Wifehood, Daughterhood, Sisterhood
  • Turning Mourning into a Movement
  • Idealism and Realism
  • Change Makers
  • Sweating the Details
  • Making History
  • Frustration
  • Country Roads
  • Those Damn Emails
  • Trolls, Bots, Fake News, and Real Russians
  • Election Night
  • Why
  • Resilience
  • Love and Kindness
  • Onward Together
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

Let's get one thing out of the way at the top: Clinton takes personal responsibility for her loss in the 2016 presidential election and she does so multiple times throughout this memoir, which proves to be much more than a political autopsy. As in her previous books, Clinton is eagle-eyed about her faults and clearly recognizes where her statements and actions (deplorables, anyone?) worked against her. The headlines in the run-up to this book's publication have been all about her beef with Bernie Sanders and the toll that FBI director James Comey's unpredictable decisions took on her support, and, yes, there's plenty of meat on those bones. But in her wonkish way, and exhibiting a clear desire to figure out how it went wrong, Clinton goes much deeper than just examining the particulars of the campaign and the election. She digs deep, for example, into her campaign missteps in West Virginia's coal-mining country as a way of discussing why people vote against their economic interests. She also offers lessons learned from Trump to extrapolate about his presidency, which she does with prescience. There are a few incidents treated as nothing-to-look-at-here moments that could have used more discussion, especially Bill Clinton's tarmac meeting with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, which is dismissed in a few sentences. But the remarkably few sour grapes expressed in the book hardly comprise a whine. Writing in her smart, sometimes self-deprecating voice, Clinton brings much-needed perspective to the election, especially for her millions of supporters, who also want to know what happened and why.--Cooper, Ilene Copyright 2017 Booklist

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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In the audio edition of her 2016 presidential campaign retrospective, Clinton sounds like Clinton: a strong, tough, smart, experienced woman. She's a little wobbly-voiced in the introduction, deeply concerned that people won't want to hear what happened, "especially from me," she states. But she quickly finds her clear, collected tone and rhythm, sounding slightly more relaxed and conversional than she usually is in speeches and interviews. She is emotionally composed even when describing her fury at Trump, at FBI director James Comey, at Senator Bernie Sanders, at the media. At one point in the book, she even says, "I wear my composure like a suit of armor-for better or for worse." Thus the drama is not so much in her reading as in the descriptions of her intellectual and emotional responses to events such as when Comey reopened the investigation into her email days before the election, the instant she learned she lost the election, or Trump's inauguration. The one jarring aspect of the audio is her long pronunciation of the indefinite article a, constantly interrupting the flow of her normal speech. It's Clinton's most personal book yet; hearing it read in her own voice further reminds listeners of the person behind the politician. A Simon & Schuster hardcover. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

Readers will find here much more than an analysis or explanation of the unexpected outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Clinton certainly addresses the campaign and its many twists and turns, but she also provides background on her path to becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major political party. She methodically describes the obstructions she faced, such as the traditional resistance to female officeholders at all levels, Russia's weaponized information, and the unique complications presented by her use of a private email account during her service as Secretary of State. One fascinating section describes a nearly hour-by-hour schedule for a typical day in the life of a presidential candidate. Clinton presents extensive statistics to demonstrate the inaccuracy of reasons offered by pundits for her loss, such as her unpopularity. She believes that winning three million more votes than the successful candidate dispels that interpretation. Throughout the book, Clinton describes the frustration her campaign experienced when her legislative message was constantly overshadowed by media coverage of her email mistakes or other nonissue-related stories. Clinton provides an engaging narrative about her background and effort to attain the country's highest office as well as a revealing expression of her emotions following her defeat. Verdict Readers interested in learning about the 2016 presidential campaign and Clinton will find this to be a satisfying and informative book.-Jill Ortner, SUNY Buffalo Libs. © Copyright 2018. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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What Happened Introduction This book is a snapshot of how I felt and what we knew in the spring and summer of 2017, just a few months after the 2016 election. As you'll see, it is at times raw, bewildered, and angry. By the end, though, I found some peace. And I remain hopeful that our country is resilient enough to withstand even these challenging times. The reception of the book was more positive and fervent than I expected. All over the country, people lined up for hours to tell me-- often in tears--how much the book and our campaign meant to them. Hearing from them meant the world to me. Many book signings became part group-therapy session, part organizing rally. I was enchanted by the little girls who came to my events with their parents, some wearing tiny pantsuits and pearls, beaming up at me, so proud to tell me about their siblings, their teachers, and what they want to be when they grow up. Since I wrote this book, some things have changed. Wounds heal. Emotions cool. History marches on. As it does, it reveals itself more fully. We've learned a lot more about what happened in 2016. It turns out the Russian misinformation campaign was even more insidious . . . the dirty tricks that Cambridge Analytica and others used on Facebook and elsewhere were even more devious . . . and the Republican voter suppression efforts were even more effective than we imagined. In a new afterword included in this edition, written in early summer 2018, I try to make sense of these new revelations and what they mean for our country going forward. As more facts have come to light, I've gone back and reconsidered this book with fresh eyes. I believe it stands the test of time. The arguments I made about the factors that contributed to Trump's election still hold up a year later. Meanwhile, my fears about the danger he poses to our country have only grown. And while Trump and his allies have continued to attack me at every opportunity, none of them has poked any real holes in this book, even about the whole email debacle. I hope that gives you confidence as you read on. And I hope that What Happened helps give you the courage to join the fights we face today. May you find it as cathartic to read as I found it to write. Excerpted from What Happened by Hillary Clinton All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.