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My Life est le m\u00e9moire de Bill Clinton, publi\u00e9 en 2004, dans lequel l'ancien pr\u00e9sident am\u00e9ricain revient sur son enfance, sa famille et sa carri\u00e8re politique. Ce livre d'occasion en anglais offre un regard personnel sur la vie de l'auteur, de l'Arkansas jusqu'\u00e0 la Maison-Blanche.<\/p>\n

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An exhaustive, soul-searching memoir, Bill Clinton’s\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0is a refreshingly candid look at the former president as a son, brother, teacher, father, husband, and public figure. Clinton painstakingly outlines the history behind his greatest successes and failures, including his dedication to educational and economic reform, his war against a “vast right-wing operation” determined to destroy him, and the “morally indefensible” acts for which he was nearly impeached.\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0is autobiography as therapy–a personal history written by a man trying to face and banish his private demons.<\/p>\n

Clinton approaches the story of his youth with gusto, sharing tales of giant watermelons, nine-pound tumors, a charging ram, famous mobsters and jazz musicians, and a BB gun standoff. He offers an equally energetic portrait of American history, pop culture, and the evolving political landscape, covering the historical events that shaped his early years (namely the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. and JFK) and the events that shaped his presidency (Waco, Bosnia, Somalia). What makes\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0remarkable as a political memoir is how thoroughly it is infused with Clinton’s unassuming, charmingly pithy voice:<\/p>\n

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I learned a lot from the stories my uncle, aunts, and grandparents told me: that no one is perfect but most people are good; that people can’t be judged only by their worst or weakest moments; that harsh judgments can make hypocrites of us all; that a lot of life is just showing up and hanging on; that laughter is often the best, and sometimes the only, response to pain.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

However, that same voice might tire readers as Clinton applies his penchant for minute details to a distractible laundry list of events, from his youth through the years of his presidency. Not wanting to forget a single detail that might help account for his actions, Clinton overdoes it–do we really need to know the name of his childhood barber? But when Clinton sticks to the meat of his story–recollections about Mother, his abusive stepfather, Hillary, the campaign trail, and Kenneth Starr–the veracity of emotion and\u00a0Kitchen Confidential<\/i>-type revelations about “what it is like to be President” make\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0impossible to put down.<\/p>\n

To Clinton, “politics is a contact sport,” and while he claims that\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0is not intended to make excuses or assign blame, it does portray him as a fighter whose strategy is to “take the first hit, then counterpunch as hard as I could.” While\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0is primarily a stroll through Clinton’s memories, it is also a scathing rebuke–a retaliation against his detractors, including Kenneth Starr, whose “mindless search for scandal” protected the guilty while “persecuting the innocent” and distracted his Administration from pressing international matters (including strikes on al Qaeda). Counterpunch indeed.<\/p>\n

At its core,\u00a0My Life<\/i>\u00a0is a charming and intriguing if flawed book by an equally intriguing and flawed man who had his worst failures and humiliations made public. Ultimately, the man who left office in the shadow of scandal offers an honest and open account of his life, allowing readers to witness his struggle to “drain the most out of every moment” while maintaining the character with which he was raised. It is a remarkably intimate, persuasive look at the boy he was, the President he became, and man he is today.\u00a0–Daphne Durham<\/i><\/p>\n

R\u00e9sum\u00e9 de My Life<\/h2>\n

My Life est l'autobiographie de Bill Clinton, publi\u00e9e en 2004. Le r\u00e9cit commence par son enfance dans l'Arkansas, o\u00f9 il grandit aupr\u00e8s de sa m\u00e8re et de sa famille \u00e9largie, et \u00e9voque les histoires qu'il tenait de son oncle, de ses tantes et de ses grands-parents. Il retrace ensuite sa jeunesse, ses \u00e9tudes et ses d\u00e9buts en politique, avant de revenir sur ses ann\u00e9es \u00e0 la Maison-Blanche, ses efforts en mati\u00e8re d'\u00e9ducation et d'\u00e9conomie, et les \u00e9preuves qui ont conduit \u00e0 la proc\u00e9dure de destitution engag\u00e9e contre lui. Le livre m\u00eale souvenirs personnels et portrait de l'histoire am\u00e9ricaine, avec un ton franc et souvent humoristique.<\/p>\n

\u00c0 propos de Bill Clinton<\/h2>\n

Bill Clinton, n\u00e9 en 1946 \u00e0 Hope, dans l'Arkansas, est un avocat et homme politique am\u00e9ricain. Membre du Parti d\u00e9mocrate, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 gouverneur de l'Arkansas avant d'\u00eatre \u00e9lu 42e pr\u00e9sident des \u00c9tats-Unis, fonction qu'il a exerc\u00e9e de 1993 \u00e0 2001. Apr\u00e8s la pr\u00e9sidence, il a poursuivi son engagement public \u00e0 travers une fondation consacr\u00e9e \u00e0 des enjeux humanitaires et sanitaires.<\/p>\n

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