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Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose  Cover Image Book Book

Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose / Joe Biden.

Biden, Joseph R., (author.).

Summary:

The former vice-president of the United States chronicles the difficult final year of his son's battle with cancer, his efforts to balance his responsibilities to the country and his family, and the lessons he learned.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250171672 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 260 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Flatiron Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Biden family Thanksgiving -- Have a purpose -- Solace -- Trust -- Keeping busy -- It has to be you -- Calculated risks -- Home base -- You have to tell them the truth -- Can you stay? -- Run, Joe, run -- Epilogue.
Subject: Biden, Joseph R.
Biden, Beau, 1969-2015.
Vice-Presidents > United States > Biography.
Fathers and sons > United States > Biography.
Cancer > Patients > United States > Biography.
Presidents > United States > Election > 2016.
United States > Politics and government > 2009-2017.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lakeshore Branch 973.932092 Biden 31681010078897 NONFIC Available -

Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States. Before taking office, he represented Delaware for 36 years in the U.S. Senate and from 2009-2017 served as the 47th Vice President of the United States. As Vice President Biden fought to raise the living standards of middle class Americans, reduce gun violence, address violence against women, and end cancer as we know it. He has worked to expand opportunity for all with the creation of the Biden Foundation, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Biden Domestic Policy Institute at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics and Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose.


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