INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador
to Ukraine?a pioneering diplomat who spent her career advancing democracy in the post-Soviet
world and who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during the first impeachment
of President Trump. Marie Yovanovitch was at the height of her diplomatic career when it all
came crashing down. In the middle of her third ambassadorship?a rarity in the world of
diplomacy?she was targeted by a smear campaign and abruptly recalled from her post in Kyiv
Ukraine. In the months that followed she endured personal tragedy while simultaneously being
pulled into the blinding lights of the first impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. It was a time
of chaos and pain for her and for the nation. Yet Yovanovitch was no stranger to instability
and injustice. Born into a family that had survived Soviet and Nazi terror she first saw the
corrosive effect of corruption in Somalia while cutting her teeth as a diplomat in the
male-dominated world of the 1980s State Department. She was an eyewitness to the 1993
constitutional crisis in Russia and the street fighting in Moscow. And she rose to the top of
her profession in the crucible of the former USSR where she saw how President Vladimir Putin
adeptly exploited corrupt leaders in neighboring countries and undermined their developing
democracies. Nowhere was Putin's aggression clearer than in Ukraine where Russia meddled in
elections launched cyberattacks peddled misinformation illegally annexed Crimea invaded the
Donbas and attacked Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea. But when Yovanovitch was abruptly
recalled from her post and Ukraine's democratically elected president Volodymyr Zelenskyy
found himself set upon by Trump it became clear just how dangerously close to the edge America
itself had strayed. Through it all Yovanovitch tirelessly advocated for the Ukrainian people
while advancing U.S. interests and staying true to herself. When she made the courageous
decision to participate in the impeachment inquiry?over the objections of the Trump
administration?she earned the nation's respect and her dignified response to the president's
attacks won our hearts. She has reclaimed her own narrative first with her lauded
congressional testimony and now with this powerful memoir: the dramatic saga of one woman's
role at the vanguard of American foreign policy during a time of upheaval for herself and for
our country. A Publishers Marketplace 2021 Buzz Book ?A brilliant engaging and inspiring
memoir from one of America's wisest and most courageous diplomats?essential reading for current
policymakers aspiring public servants and anyone who cares about America's role in the
world.??Madeleine K. Albright ?First through the breach Ambassador Yovanovitch showed
Americans what courage and patriotism looks like. More than essential reading Lessons from the
Edge is thoroughly engaging and impossible to put down showing us how an introverted career
diplomat overcame the most vicious of smear campaigns to become a foreign service
legend.??Congressman Adam Schiff ?At turns moving and gripping and always inspiring ... a
powerful testament to a uniquely American life well-lived and a remarkable career of dedicated
public service at the highest levels of government.??Fiona Hill New York Times best-selling
author of There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century
