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View from the East Wing: A Memoir

by Jill Biden

A first-person account of life in the East Wing

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Awards & Recognition

  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times bestseller

  • Editorial selection

    Included in The New York Times’ “The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer”

    Included in The New York Times feature/list “The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer.”

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A first-person account of life in the East Wing

Jill Biden’s memoir looks back on her four years as First Lady, beginning amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection. It connects public responsibilities—including advocacy around women’s health, military families, cancer initiatives, education, and vaccine awareness—with her continued work as a community college professor and her roles within her family. The account also places readers behind the scenes at locations such as Camp David and aboard Air Force One, and reflects on the abrupt end of her husband’s reelection bid. Together, these subjects frame the White House years through Biden’s experience of balancing civic work, teaching, and family life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in first-person accounts of the Biden presidency and the role of the First Lady.
  • Readers interested in women’s health, education, military families, or other causes Biden describes advocating for.
  • Readers interested in memoirs about public service alongside teaching and family life.

Themes

First Lady and White House lifePublic service and advocacyTeaching and educationFamily and public life

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Book overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Included in "The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by The New York Times

A novelist once wrote, "There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them." Jill Biden's time to discuss her four years in the White House is now.

Jill Biden became First Lady at a complicated moment in US history, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the shadow of the January 6 insurrection. These were the circumstances under which she set up office in the East Wing, where she hit the ground running. Throughout her husband's presidency, Jill remained a tireless advocate for her causes, including women's health, military families, vaccine awareness, cancer initiatives, and education. She made history as the first-ever First Lady to hold an outside job while her husband was in office, continuing to work as a professor at a nearby community college. Yet all the while, she saw herself as an ordinary woman living an extraordinary life.

In View from the East Wing, Jill shares her White House experiences for the first time, in her own words. She reflects on the Biden presidency and its impact on her family. She brings you behind the scenes, from Camp David to Air Force One, from grading papers in the Rose Garden to witnessing the abrupt end of her husband's bid for reelection. This is the story of a woman dedicated to her roles as a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher--and First Lady of the United States.
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