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Grace, November 2023
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President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Mariner Books
November 2023
On Sale: October 24, 2023
320 pages
ISBN: 0063269333
EAN: 9780063269330
Kindle: B09T3H14BK
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Non-Fiction Memoir
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“At a time when the meaning of America is up for
grabs, Cody Keenan’s new book chronicles ten days that
tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It’s a
captivating story about what’s worth fighting for, an
antidote to cynicism that will make you believe
again.”—President Barack Obama, via Twitter
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.”
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