NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful candid and richly detailed memoir from an American
icon revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs tribulations and all.
On January 20 2001 after nearly thirty years in politics—eight of them as president of the
United States—Bill Clinton was suddenly a private citizen. Only fifty-four years old full of
energy and ideas he wanted to make meaningful use of his skills his relationships with world
leaders and all he’d learned in a lifetime of politics but how? Just days after leaving the
White House the call came to aid victims of a devastating earthquake in India and Clinton hit
the ground running. Over the next two decades he would create an enduring legacy of public
service and advocacy work from Indonesia to Louisiana Northern Ireland to South Africa and
in the process reimagine philanthropy and redefine the impact a former president could have on
the world. Citizen is Clinton’s front-row first-person chronicle of his postpresidential
years and the most significant events of the twenty-first century including 9 11 and the runup
to the Iraq War the Haiti earthquake the Great Recession the January 6 insurrection and the
enduring culture wars of our times. With clarity and compassion he also weighs in on the
unprecedented challenges brought on by a global pandemic ongoing income inequality a steadily
warming planet and authoritarian forces dedicated to weakening democracy. Yet Citizen is more
than a political memoir. These pages capture Clinton in a rare and unforgettable light: not
only as a celebrated former president and a foundation leader but as a father grandfather
and husband. He recounts his support for Hillary Clinton during her time as senator secretary
of state and presidential candidate and shares the frustration and pain of the 2016 election.
In this landmark publication the highly anticipated follow-up to the best-selling My Life
Clinton pens an illuminating account of American democracy on a global stage offering a frank
reflection on the past and with it a fearless embrace of our future. Citizen is a
self-portrait of equal parts eloquence insight and candor a testament to one man’s
unwavering commitment to family and nation.
