Download Audiobook Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America by Cody Keenan in English

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From Barack Obama’s chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled bloodbath and looming Supreme Court docket selections put the character of our nation on the road, and a president’s phrases might convey the nation collectively or tear it aside.A white supremacist taking pictures and an astonishing act of forgiveness. A nationwide reckoning with race and the Accomplice flag. The destiny of marriage equality and the Inexpensive Care Act. GRACE is the propulsive story of ten days in June 2015, when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a collection of high-stakes speeches to fulfill a succession of gorgeous developments.By behind-the-scenes moments—from Obama’s suggestion that Keenan pour a drink, hearken to some Miles Davis, and “discover the silences,” to the president’s late-night writing classes within the First Household’s residence—Keenan takes us contained in the craft of speechwriting on the highest degree for probably the most demanding of bosses, the relentlessly poetic and perfectionist Barack Obama. GRACE additionally delivers a captivating portrait of White Home insiders like Ben Rhodes, Valerie Jarrett, Jen Psaki, and the speechwriting workforce chargeable for pulling all of it off throughout a livid, historic stretch of the Obama presidency—together with a gifted fact-checker who took Keenan’s rhetoric to job earlier than taking his hand in marriage. GRACE is probably the most intimate writing that exists on the rhetorical tightrope our first Black president needed to stroll, culminating with an unforgettable excessive level: Obama gorgeous all people by taking a deep breath and main the nation in a refrain of “Superb Grace.”Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.PLEASE NOTE: If you buy this title, the accompanying PDF can be obtainable in your Audible Library together with the audio.