Promise Me, Dad by Joe Biden

Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose by Joe Biden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A year in the life of Joe Biden. It cover's not only his personal life but is interwoven with his job as Vice President. He still manages to do his job meanwhile his son, Beau Biden, battles cancer that doesn't have a good prognosis, to begin with. Unfortunately, the world doesn't stop for that stuff. He deals with the crisis in Ukraine and the middle east. Back home there is a church shooting and police are gunned down in New York City.

Unfortunately, Beau Biden loses his battle with cancer and he is heartbroken. This coincides with the 2016(pretty much starts in 2015) campaign season ramping up. As much as he knows people are understanding of his personal loss pressure mounts for him to decide to run for President which his prospects looked excellent to be the next President. As we all know he eventually decided not to. The book goes more into why he didn't.

The book gives us a picture of what Joe is like and is heartwarming without being overwhelmingly sugar-coated like a Hallmark movie. It also shows in his job he can be tough when needed. In contrast, he can show empathy and decency when called for. With a deluge of books about the current President, this may give you a glimpse of what could be.

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