Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose -- Joe Biden

<p><b>The Instant #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b> <p/><b>From President Joe Biden, <i>Promise Me Dad</i> is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.</b> <p/><b>"Biden splices a heartbreaking story with an election story and a foreign affairs story. And in so doing, he offers something for everyone, no matter which strand draws you in."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b> <p/>In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past forty years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a much-needed respite, a time to connect, a time to reflect on what the year had brought, and what the future might hold. But this year felt different from all those that had come before. Joe and Jill Biden's eldest son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain. "Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all right." Joe Biden gave him his word. <p/><i>Promise Me, Dad</i> chronicles the year that followed, which would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's extraordinary life and career. As vice president, Biden traveled more than a hundred thousand miles that year, across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine, Ce