Cody Keenan

Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America -- Cody Keenan, Hardcover

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From Barack Obama's chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled massacre and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a president's words could bring the nation together or tear it apart.

A white supremacist shooting and an astonishing act of forgiveness. A national reckoning with race and the Confederate flag. The fate of marriage equality and the Affordable Care Act. GRACE is the propulsive story of ten days in June 2015, when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a series of high-stakes speeches to meet a succession of stunning developments.

Through behind-the-scenes moments--from Obama's suggestion that Keenan pour a drink, listen to some Miles Davis, and "find the silences," to the president's late-night writing sessions in the First Family's residence--Keenan takes us inside the craft of speechwriting at the highest level for the most demanding of bosses, the relentlessly poetic and perfectionist Barack Obama. GRACE also delivers a fascinating portrait of White House insiders like Ben Rhodes, Valerie Jarrett, Jen Psaki, and the speechwriting team responsible for pulling it all off during a furious, historic stretch of the Obama presidency--including a gifted fact-checker who took Keenan's rhetoric to task before taking his hand in marriage. GRACE is the most intimate writing that exists on the rhetorical tightrope our first Black president had to walk, culminating with an unforgettable high point: Obama stunning everybody by taking a deep breath and leading the country in a chorus of "Amazing Grace."



Author: Cody Keenan
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 10/04/2022
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.25w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780358651895

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2022
Library Journal 09/01/2022 pg. 153
Booklist 10/01/2022 pg. 6

Product Tags:

21st Century, Barack, Biography & Autobiography, Cody Keenan, Hardcover, History, Mariner Books, Memoirs, Obama, Political, United States

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