Living History

By: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Narrated by: Hillary Rodham Clinton

Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins

Publisher's summary

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton, a thirty-year adventure in love and politics that survives personal betrayal, relentless partisan investigations, and constant public scrutiny.

Hillary Rodham Clinton came of age during a time of tumultuous social and political change in America. Like many women of her generation, she grew up with choices and opportunities unknown to her mother of grandmother. She charted her own course through unexplored terrain - responding to the changing times and her own internal compass - and became an emblem for some and a lightning rod for others. Wife, mother, lawyer, advocate, and international icon, she has lived through America's great political wars, from Watergate to Whitewater.

The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled tirelessly around the country to champion health care, expand economic and educational opportunity and promote the needs of children and families, and she criss-crossed the globe on behalf of women's rights, human rights and democracy. She redefined the position of First Lady, and helped save the presidency from an unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment. Intimate, powerful and inspiring, Living History captures the essence of one of the most remarkable women of our time and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own voice - as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics.

©2003 Hillary Rodham Clinton (P)2003 Simon & Schuster. All rights reserved. AUDIOWORKS. is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Within the limitations of the genre, Clinton has produced a surprisingly engaging and, at points, even compelling book." (The Los Angeles Times)

Dont bother

Snore! Did a reviewer actually indicate that "within this limited genre", autobiographies are not normally limited? Senator Clinton lived a highly international life during those eight years. Yet niether during her discussion of those years or the all too brief discussion of her life prior to those years did she express insight, struggle. For example, she was one of a fist full of women during her college career. She did not expand on the struggle, or the demands she faced nor did she use her experience as a woman in the US as a reflection on how she viewed the international women she met.
Boring.... but she is still a good politician.....

expected more

though there is some interesting info in this book and it does give some new insight beyond what was apparent in the media at the time i lived through these events, the book is written like a 7th grade essay on what i did this summer. it contains tons of filler, as if sen. clinton had counted her words to reach some required number and listening is almost painlfull at times, but curiosity pulls you through. the only thing worse than the writing is sen. clinton's narration, as if she were asked by the teacher to rise and read her essay before the whole class. as she attempts to be theatrical, her emphasis and drama are misplaced. while this is a true memior in the sense that clinton is trying to secure her place in history next to elenor roosevelt (and thus she has the right to rewrite history as all memoirs do-in response to some of the other reviews here) it is also a true political advertisement as her bald faced attempts to shore up her image are not the least bit veiled, although you get the impression that clinton thinks they are cleverly cloaked.

okay book spoiled by poor dramatization

It was a terrible mistake to get the author to read her own book, though I must admit that I bought it on the strength that Hilary Clinton was reading it. I wanted to like it and find it interesting but it was a little slight in content, and a wee bit dull, which was not helped by a rather condescending delivery. Perhaps buy and read the book, but my recommendation is to pass on this audio book

History? More like

Whoever put together this fictional account of Hitlery's life must have required a long bath with stiff wire brushes and turpentine to wash out the filth involved. The best is Hitlery's "shock' at dicovering Bill HAD BEEN LYING. Yeah sure, never heard of Paula Jones Cathlein Wiley, Jennifer Flowers, Grayson, and of course Juanitia Brodrerick. She was shocked, just shocked that Bill had actually been getting BJ's from the hired help. PPPuuuullleeaaassseee. Yeah one of Americas Smartest Women. NOT.
If you want to read a long boring book full of lies I suggest you read this one cover to cover to cover. Want something real and honest to sink your teeth into read TREASON by Ann Coulter.

Living History

If you are expecting Hillary to tell you about Monica or whats going on with Bill don't buy this book. She only mentions that she was 'hurt'. Big deal. I am really disappointed. I thought the book was boring and poorly read. This is just another Clinton ploy to raise money.

Not worth the paper.

I can't believe I wasted my money on this. Oh well, I now understand better WHY I wouldn't vote for Hillary for President.

Nothing New

I agree with another reviewer that there is nothing new about Hilary in this book. It is just an attempt to justify herself and promote herself for higher political office.

Monica, Bill. Hillary

ORGY Not REQUIRED , did she stand by his his husband …..Bill or Hillary with Monica and his harem. The Founding of Trust between women.. Hang the dollar Bill.

Crap! Would get a refund if possible .

Crap! LIES AND MORE LIES, FULL OF CRAP
How can I even remove this from my playlist? Don't want it at all.

A Bill Clinton

The book is somewhat personal but it's more or less a detail account of what Bill Clinton did. This book seems to be more about Bill then it does about Hillary.