Review: What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

Title: What Happened
Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Publisher: Simon Schuster
Publication Date: September 12, 2017
Edition: eBook (512 pages)
Genres:

• Nonfiction
• Autobiography
• History
• Memoir
• Politics

What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Hillary Rodham Clinton writes with candor, emotion and self-examination about her campaign and run for office as the first female candidate endorsed by a major political party for President of the United States. As you may know, this is not her first memoir, but this book is different in that she speaks openly about so many subjects and areas of her life. I hope it was as therapeutic for her to write as it was for me to read.

I have read all of her books, and since 1992 have had the utmost respect for her as a person of faith, a woman, a wife, a mother, a politician, and a tireless advocate for human rights and equality. I also learned much about the activities and achievements of the Clinton Foundation--many of which I had not known of, previously. This is not a boastful rendition of her life and accomplishments. It is personal and comes from the heart.

If you are looking to read a mean-spirited characterization and bashing of Donald Trump, you will not find it here. What you will find is a very personal ideological discussion about the differences between her values and those of Donald Trump. And you will find a candid acknowledgement of mistakes she believes she made. You will also find much discussion about our democratic principles and the peril which comes from the disregard for them and the lack of care and concern for one another--the hallmark of the current Administration, in my opinion.