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Hutchinson Heinemann to publish new Bill Clinton memoir
Hutchinson Heinemann will publish former president Bill Clinton’s memoir, Citizen: My Life After the White House, on 21st November, 2024.
Nigel Wilcockson, associate publisher, acquired UK rights from Reagan Arthur, executive vice-president and publisher at Knopf.
The book is described as providing “remarkably candid and richly detailed” insight into Clinton’s life – both personal and political – after his two terms as pPresident of the United States. The follow-up to his bestselling My Life, Clinton (Cornerstone), which was published in 2004, Citizen discusses his “triumphs and tribulations, set against a backdrop of historic events both at home and abroad”.
The synopsis adds: “Citizen offers a front-row, first-person chronicle of Clinton’s post-presidential years and the most crucial events of the 21st century, including: the Iraq War, the Haiti earthquake, the Great Recession, the elections of 2008 and 2016, Covid-19, the ongoing charitable work of the Clinton Foundation, the 6th January insurrection, and the enduring culture wars of our time. Yet Citizen is more than a political memoir. These pages capture Clinton in a rare and unforgettable light: not only as celebrated former president, but also as a dedicated father, grandfather and husband. He shares his support for Hillary Clinton during her tenure as senator, secretary of state, and presidential candidate, and openly details the frustration and pain of the 2016 election. With riveting clarity and compassion, Clinton also weighs in on the unprecedented challenges brought on by a global pandemic, ongoing inequality, a steadily warming planet, and authoritarian forces dedicated to weakening democracy at home and across the globe. Drawing on hard-won wisdom from over 50 years in politics, Clinton pens a clear-sighted account of American democracy on the global stage, showing just how we got here and how we might embark on the road ahead. Citizen is a testament to one man’s unwavering commitment to family and nation, a self-portrait composed of equal parts eloquence, insight, and candour.”
Clinton said: “A life in public service can be deeply rewarding if you accept that in the constant ebb and flow of history there are no permanent victories or defeats, and never forget that every life is a story that, regardless of time and circumstance, deserves to be seen and heard. I knew as I entered this new chapter of my life that I’d keep score the way I always have: Are people better off when you quit than when you started? Do our children have a brighter future? Are we coming together instead of falling apart? Citizen is the story of my 23-plus years since leaving the White House, told largely through the stories of other people who changed my life as I tried to help change theirs, of those who supported me, including those I loved and lost, and of the mistakes I made along the way.”
In North America, Citizen: My Life After the White House will be published by Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House in the US.
