{"product_id":"2940169728767","title":"The Confession (Abridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn August 2004, Governor James E. McGreevey of New Jersey made history when he declared \"My truth is that I am a gay American,\" and announced his resignation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, in this extraordinarily candid memoir, McGreevey shares his story of a life of ambition, moral compromise, and redemption. From childhood, McGreevey lived a kind of idealized American life, and he strove to exceed expectations in everything he did. He won three elections by the age of thirty-six, and four years later nearly toppled the state's popular governor, Christie Todd Whitman. When he ran again, in 2001, he won by a landslide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his adult life McGreevey had been forced to suppress a fundamental truth: that he was gay. He knew that the only clear path to his dreams was to live a straight life, and so he split in two, accepting the traditional role of family man while denying his deepest emotions. And he discovered that becoming a political player demanded ethical shortcuts at least as corrosive as living in the closet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with honesty, grace, and rare insight, \u003cem\u003eThe Confession\u003c\/em\u003e may be among the most honest political memoirs ever written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114673291504,"sku":"2940169728767","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169728767_p0.jpg?v=1763782803","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169728767","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}