From Barack Obama's chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled massacre and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a president's words could bring the nation together or tear it apart.
A white supremacist shooting and an astonishing act of forgiveness. A national reckoning with race and the Confederate flag. The fate of marriage equality and the Affordable Care Act. GRACE is the propulsive story of ten days in June 2015, when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a series of high-stakes speeches to meet a succession of stunning developments.
Through behind-the-scenes moments—from Obama's suggestion that Keenan pour a drink, listen to some Miles Davis, and "find the silences," to the
Author(s): Codi Keenan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Year: 2022
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Prologue: March 5, 2015
Day One: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Day Two: Thursday, June 18, 2015
Day Three: Friday, June 19, 2015
Day Four: Saturday, June 20, 2015
Day Five: Sunday, June 21, 2015
Day Six: Monday, June 22, 2015
Day Seven: Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Day Eight: Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Day Nine: Thursday, June 25, 2015
Day Ten: Friday, June 26, 2015
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Appendix: The Speeches
Index
Photo Section
About the Author
Copyright
About the Publisher
Copyright
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you?
Chapter 2: Renegade perception
Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting
Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe
Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’
Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit
Chapter 7: War on your mind
Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity
Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it?
Chapter 10: Human 2.0
Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult?
Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko
Postscript
Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation
Bibliography
Index
