
- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful memoir about impossible choices—and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.
“A truly special book. This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.” —Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore
In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country, and Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned. Suddenly, Jason was a national figure. As observers assumed he was preparing a run for the presidency, Jason announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City instead and was headed for a landslide victory. But after eleven years battling PTSD from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts. He dropped out of the mayor’s race and out of public life. And finally, he sought help.
In this brutally honest second memoir, following his New York Times bestselling debut Outside the Wire, Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in the most painful moments of his PTSD. In candid, in-the-moment detail, we see him struggle with undiagnosed illness as he considered a presidential bid; witness his family buoy him through challenging treatment; and, giving hope to so many of us, see him heal.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Prologue
- 1. The Uniform
- 2. An Ordinary Day (in Jalalabad)
- 3. Running Angry
- 4. The Shame Spiral Staircase
- 5. I Should Be Better by Now
- 6. Young Man in a Hurry
- 7. The Cool Kidsā Table
- 8. I Donāt Want to Do This Anymore
- 9. Jason Kander? He Died.
- 10. The Monster
- 11. The Stuff I Wish Someone Had Told Me
- Epilogue: The Question I Havenāt Answered
- Authorās Note
- Acknowledgments
- Photo Section
- About the Author
- Also by Jason Kander
- Copyright
- About the Publisher