What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned entertaining conversation with Hillary
Clinton? In Something Lost Something Gained Hillary offers her candid views of love
politics liberty democracy leadership the threats we face and the future within our reach.
In Something Lost Something Gained former First Lady Hillary Clinton describes the strength
she draws from her deepest friendships her Methodist faith and the nearly fifty years she’s
been married to President Bill Clinton—all with the wisdom that comes from looking back on a
full life with fresh eyes. She takes us along as she returns to the classroom as a college
professor enjoys the bonds inside the exclusive club of former First Ladies moves past her
dream of being president and dives into new activism for women and democracy. From canoeing
with an ex-Nazi trying to deprogram white supremacists to sweltering with salt farmers in the
desert trying to adapt to the climate crisis in India Hillary brings us to the front lines of
our biggest challenges. For the first time Hillary shares the story of her operation to
evacuate Afghan women to safety in the harrowing final days of America’s longest war. But we
also meet the brave women dissidents defying dictators around the world gain new personal
insights about her old adversary Vladimir Putin and learn the best ways that worried parents
can protect kids from toxic technology. We also hear her fervent and persuasive warning to all
American voters. In the end Something Lost Something Gained is a testament to the idea that
the personal is political and the political is personal providing a blueprint for what each
of us can do to make our lives better. Hillary has “looked at life from both sides now.” In
these pages she shares the latest chapter of her inspiring life and shows us how to age with
grace and keep moving forward with grit joy purpose and a sense of humor.
