Biographies & Memoirs

CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST POLITICS BOOKS OF 2024. What would it be like to sit down for a passionate, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, freedom, democracy, the threats we face, and the future that lies in our hands. She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her methodical faith, and her nearly fifty years of marriage to President Bill Clinton, all with the wisdom drawn from a full life seen through new eyes.

We follow as she returns to the classroom as a college professor, enjoys the bonds within the exclusive club of former First Ladies, overcomes her dream of being president, and plunges into new activism for women and democracy. From canoeing with a former Nazi trying to deprogram white supremacists to the despair with salt farmers in the desert adapting to the climate crisis in India, Hillary brings us to the frontiers of our greatest challenges. For the first time, she shares the story of the operation to evacuate women from Afghanistan during the agonizing final days of America’s longest war.

We also meet the brave women dissenters defying dictators across the globe, gain new personal insights on her old opponent, Vladimir Putin, and learn the best ways anxious parents can protect their children from toxic technology. Her loud and convincing warning to all American voters is also heard. In the end, Something Lost, Something Gained is a testament to the idea that the personal is political and the political is personal, providing a blueprint of what we can all do to make our lives better.

Hillary has "looked at life from both sides now." In these pages, she shares the latest chapter of her inspiring life and shows us how to age gracefully and keep moving forward with courage, joy, purpose, and a sense of humor.

Pages: 336, Year of Publication: 0917, Dimensions: 15.3x15.3cm