{"product_id":"2940172105173","title":"Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling memoir of Joe Biden's extraordinary life and career prior to his emergence as Barack Obama's beloved, influential vice president\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePromises to Keep,\u003c\/i\u003e Joe Biden reveals the experiences that shaped him with his customary candor and charm. He movingly recounts growing up in a staunchly Catholic multigenerational household in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware; overcoming personal tragedy, life-threatening illness, and career setbacks; his relations, as a United States senator for more than thirty-five years, with fellow lawmakers on both sides of the aisle; and his leadership of powerful Senate committees.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Through these and other recollections, Biden shows us how the guiding principles he learned early in life-to work to make people's lives better; to honor family and faith; to value persistence, candor, and honesty-are the foundation on which he has based his life's work as husband, father, and legislator.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePromises to Keep \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a man who surmounted numerous challenges to become one of our most effective leaders. It is also an intimate series of reflections from a public servant who witnessed and participated in a momentous epoch of American history and refuses to be cynical about political leadership-a stirring testament to the promise of the United States.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151011496176,"sku":"2940172105173","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940172105173_p0.jpg?v=1763753070","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940172105173","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}