Seminary Co-op Bookstores has released Joe Biden’s memoir, Promise Me, America.
The book details Biden’s journey from the ashes of the January 6 insurrection and the COVID-19 pandemic to engineering a sweeping domestic agenda. The memoir also reveals for the first time the deeply agonizing calculation behind his decision in the summer of 2024 to step aside from the presidential race.
President Joe Biden’s memoir recounts his time in the White House as one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. He took the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, just two weeks after the January 6 assault, while the nation was also in the throes of a pandemic.
The book details how he led an administration tasked with healing a divided country and proving that democracy could deliver for its people. Biden details orchestrating a historic multibillion-dollar infrastructure renaissance, reviving American manufacturing, and passing landmark legislation on healthcare and climate change.
On the world stage, Biden shares first-person accounts of his administration’s high-stakes diplomacy, including rebuilding traditional alliances, standing against authoritarian aggression, modernizing NATO, and leading the global coalition to defend Ukraine. The memoir describes his approach as leading with "decades of hard-won institutional wisdom." The book is noted for its "unyielding optimism" and describes a leader who "put country above all else."
Promise Me, America is described by the publisher as a “candid and revealing” account of Biden’s presidency. It covers his campaign, his time in office, his decision to run for a second term, and his ultimate choice to withdraw from the 2024 race.
Biden reflects on the “challenges, triumphs, sorrows, and accomplishments” of his administration, including how he “took risks, made gambles, and defied the pundits” to build an economy he described as being “from the middle out and the bottom up.”
