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An instant New York Times bestseller, John Kerry’s revealing memoir offers “a detailed record of an important life…frank, thoughtful, and clearly written…A bittersweet reminder of what the country once demanded of its leaders” (The New York Times Book Review).
Every Day Is Extra is John Kerry’s candid personal story. A Yale graduate, Kerry enlisted in the US Navy in 1966, and served in Vietnam. He returned home highly decorated but disillusioned, and he testified powerfully before Congress as a young veteran opposed to the war. Kerry was elected to the Senate in 1984, eventually serving five terms. In 2004 he was the Democratic presidential nominee and came within one state—Ohio—of winning. He succeeded Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State in 2013. In that position he tried to find peace in the Middle East; dealt with the Syrian civil war while combatting ISIS; and negotiated the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate agreement.
“In these pages Kerry shows remarkable honesty, depth, even spirituality…There is remarkable poignancy—not the usual currency of the career politician and the country’s top diplomat” (The Boston Globe). A witness to some of the most important events of our recent history, Kerry tells wonderful stories about colleagues Ted Kennedy and John McCain, as well as President Obama and other major figures. He writes movingly of recovering his faith while in the Senate, and how he deplores the hyper-partisanship that has infected Washington.
Every Day Is Extra “draws back the curtain on a life you thought you knew, but turns out to be a bit different…A surprisingly personal book” (The Washington Post) that shows Kerry for the dedicated, witty, and authentic man that he is and provides forceful testimony for the importance of diplomacy and American leadership to address the increasingly complex challenges of a more globalized world.
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“The difference between memoir and autobiography can be fuzzy, but Every Day Is Extra…has both the reflective candor of the former and the painstaking, chronological detail of the latter.”
— New Yorker
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"Every Day Is Extra is a booster shot of old school, small-l liberal values.”
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“In these pages Kerry shows remarkable honesty, depth, even spirituality…Here is remarkable poignancy—not the usual currency of the career politician and the country’s top diplomat.”
— Boston Globe -
“The war hero, senator, secretary of state, and presidential candidate has plenty to write about—and to be right about.”
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“This fine memoir…reveals a man of quiet, passionate patriotism, immense intelligence, and thoughtfulness.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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New York Times bestseller
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A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
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A #1 Amazon.com bestseller in International Diplomacy
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About John Kerry
John Kerry is a former Secretary of State and five-term US senator. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Every Day Is Extra, and other books, including A Call to Service: My Vision for a Better America, The New War, and This Moment on Earth. He is a Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs at Yale University as well as the inaugural Visiting Distinguished Statesman for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.