Romney: A Reckoning -- McKay Coppins - Hardcover

A remarkably illuminating biography of one of America's most fascinating political figures--including news-making revelations from Mitt Romney himself about dissension within today's Republican Party--written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic.

Few figures in American politics have seen more and said less than Mitt Romney. An outspoken dissident in Donald Trump's GOP, he has made headlines in recent years for standing alone against the forces he believes are poisoning the party he once led. Romney was the first senator in history to vote to remove from office a president of his own party. When that president's supporters went on to storm the US Capitol, Romney delivered a thundering speech from the Senate floor accusing his fellow Republicans of stoking insurrection. Despite these moments of public courage, Romney has shared very little about what he's witnessed behind the scenes over his three decades in politics--in GOP cloakrooms and caucus lunches, in his private meetings with Donald Trump and his family, in his dealings with John McCain, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema. Now, exclusively for this biography, Romney has provided a window to his most private thoughts.

Based on dozens of interviews with Romney, his family, and his inner circle as well as hundreds of pages of his personal journals and private emails, this in-depth portrait by award-winning journalist McKay Coppins shows a public servant authentically wrestling with the choices he has made over his career. In lively, revelatory detail, the book traces Romney's early life and rise through the ranks of a fast-transforming Republican Party and exposes how a trail of seemingly small compromises by political leaders has led to a crisis in democracy. Ultimately, Romney: A Reckoning is a redemptive story about a flawed politician who summoned his moral courage just as fear and divisiveness were overtaking American life.

Author: McKay Coppins
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: 10/24/2023
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.37w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781982196202

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/01/2023 pg. 18
Publishers Weekly 10/30/2023

About the Author
McKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic where he covers national politics, religion, and the media. He is the author of The Wilderness, a book about the battle over the future of the Republican Party, and he has been a visiting fellow at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics. In 2019, he won the Aldo Beckman Award from the White House Correspondents Association for his coverage of the Trump presidency; in 2021, he received the Wilbur Award for religion journalism. He lives near Washington, DC, with his wife and children.