Team of Five, Kate Andersen Brower
Team of Five, Kate Andersen Brower
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Team of Five
The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump

Author: Kate Andersen Brower

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 9 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/19/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women—also a New York Times bestseller—comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, including the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy.After serving the highest office of American government, five men—Jimmy Carter, the late George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama—became members of the world’s most exclusive fraternity. In Team of Five, Kate Andersen Brower goes beyond the White House to uncover what, exactly, comes after the presidency, offering a glimpse into the complex relationships of these five former presidents, and how each of these men views his place in a nation that has been upended by the Oval Office’s current, norm-breaking occupant, President Donald Trump.With an empathetic yet critical eye and firsthand testimony from the Carters, Donald Trump, and the top aides, friends, and family members of the five former presidents, Team of Five takes us inside the exclusive world of these powerful men and their families, including the unlikely friendship between George W. Bush and Michelle Obama, the last private visits Bill Clinton and Barack Obama shared with George H. W. Bush, and the Obamas’ flight to Palm Springs after Donald Trump’s inauguration. This insightful, illuminating book overflows with anecdotes about how the ex-presidents are working to combat President Trump’s attempts to undo the achievements and hard work accomplished during their own terms.Perhaps most poignantly, Team of Five sheds light on the inherent loneliness and inevitable feelings of powerlessness and frustration that come with no longer being the most important person in the world, but a leader with only symbolic power. There are ways, though, that these men, and their wives, have become powerful political and cultural forces in American life, even as so-called “formers.”Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Kate Andersen Brower

Kate Andersen Brower is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Residence, First Women—also a New York Times bestseller—and First in Line. She is a CNN contributor who covered the Obama White House for Bloomberg News and is a former CBS News staffer and Fox News producer. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Vanity Fair, and the Washington Post. She lives outside Washington, D.C., with her husband and their three young children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean

In spite of having read the biographies or memoirs of all the five presidents and their wives, I found this book most interesting. The book is well written and researched. The author conducted interviews with all the parties involved. The majority of information was about their post presidential live......more

This was a fun read! I didn't think it would be, but I enjoyed it. The author covered the relationships between these five men, as well as the oil and water aspect that has existed (and may still) between some of them, and how for most the relationships changed after they left office. Also discussed......more

Goodreads review by Jill

Kate Andersen Brower, author of “Team of Five: The Presidents’ Club in the Age of Trump”, has written one of the best books on America and our politics I’ve read in the past four years. She begins by introducing the reader to the So-called “Presidents’ Club”, a loose fraternity of America’s living f......more