Hillary Clinton will release a new memoir in September, according to the Washington Post.
Simon & Schuster announced the publication of Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty, billing it as “Hillary like you haven’t seen her before.”
Slated to hit shelves on Sept. 17, the book offers a “warning to all American voters,” along with Clinton’s “unvarnished views on politics, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach,” according to the publisher.
“The book reads like you’re sitting down with your smartest, funniest, most passionate friend over a long meal,” said Simon & Schuster editor in chief Priscilla Painton in a news release.
The personal topics addressed include the Clinton marriage, now in its 50th year; the author’s friendships; and the aging process. On the political side, Clinton offers insights on Vladimir Putin and Russia as well as the upcoming presidential election. She describes her experiences ranging from canoeing with a former Nazi who wants to deprogram white supremacists to evacuating women from Afghanistan at the end of the war there.
Something Lost, Something Gained is Clinton’s 11th book, including two children’s books co-written with daughter Chelsea and State of Terror, a collaboration with mystery novelist Louise Penny. Her previous memoir, What Happened, an account of the 2016 election, sold 300,000 copies in its first week.
Clinton, who plans to narrate the audiobook of Something Lost, Something Gained, will tour major U.S. cities in support of the book.
She’ll probably just be getting home when her husband releases his own memoir this fall. Citizen, which delves into Bill Clinton’s post-presidential life, will be published by Knopf on Nov. 19.
Marion Winik hosts NPR’s The Weekly Reader podcast.
