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In November 2014, 13 members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past 40 years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a much-needed respite, a time to connect, a time to reflect on what the year had brought, and what the future might hold. But this year felt different from all those that had come before.

Before she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out—not just to her family but to the students of American University, where she was serving as student body president. She’d known she was a girl from her earliest memories, but it wasn’t until the Facebook post announcing her truth went viral that she realized just how much impact her story could have on the country.

Conversations with Joe presents the edited highlights of Vice President Joe Biden’s 29 city US tour, in which he speaks candidly about his son Beau’s remarkable life and the hope and purpose the Biden family found in carrying on Beau’s work after he lost his battle with brain cancer. The conversations feature a kaleidoscopic assortment of American leaders, artists, performers and writers - including Man Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders, late night talk-show host Stephen Colbert, television actress Constance Wu, philanthropist Melinda Gates, and more.

This audiobook compiles President Biden's major speeches while serving as American President from 2021 to the present. Topics covered include Ukraine, Afghanistan, The American Jobs Plan, the Coronavirus, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inaugural Address, Remarks on the Anniversary of the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, an address to the United Nations, the State of the Union Addresses from 2022 and 2023 and many others.

Nel novembre del 2014, i tredici membri della famiglia Biden si trovarono a Nantucket per festeggiare il Ringraziamento, una tradizione che li riuniva da quarant'anni. Ma quell'anno era diverso dagli altri. Quindici mesi prima, infatti, al figlio maggiore di Joe e Jill Biden, Beau, era stato diagnosticato un tumore al cervello. Le possibilità di sopravvivere erano poche. "Papà, fammi una promessa", aveva detto un giorno Beau a suo padre. "Dammi la tua parola che starai bene, qualsiasi cosa succeda". Joe Biden gli aveva dato la sua parola.

Joe Biden è stato testimone e protagonista di una fase fondamentale della storia americana. In "Promesse da mantenere" rivela ciò che queste esperienze gli hanno insegnato su se stesso, i suoi colleghi e le istituzioni degli Stati Uniti d'America.

Em novembro de 2014, a família Biden se reuniu para o Dia de Ação de Graças. A data marcava uma tradição que os Biden celebram há mais de quarenta anos, uma pausa no que se tornou uma vida agitada, repleta de compromissos e submetida ao incessante julgamento público. O feriado, portanto, sempre foi uma folga bem-vinda, um momento de refletir sobre as bênçãos e provações que o ano havia trazido e sobre o que o futuro lhes reservaria.