Growing Up Biden, Valerie Biden Owens
Growing Up Biden, Valerie Biden Owens
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Growing Up Biden
A Memoir

Author: Valerie Biden Owens

Narrator: Valerie Biden Owens

Unabridged: 8 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/12/2022

Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

A memoir from Valerie Biden Owens, Joe Biden’s younger sister, trusted confidante and lifelong campaign manager. Valerie, one of the first female campaign managers in United States history, writes of the role of family, faith, and fate in shaping her life, and the power of empathy and kindness in the face of turmoil and division.

Growing Up Biden details Valerie’s decades-long professional career in politics, and the central role she played in her brother’s life as an insightful adviser, an ever-loyal advocate and best friend.

This memoir, full of candor and warmth, brings readers into the Biden home and shares stories from growing up in Delaware as the only daughter of the close-knit Irish Catholic family. Valerie writes in a compelling, relatable way about the challenges she faced breaking through gender barriers, the elusive nature of confidence, and navigating professional responsibilities while raising children.

About Valerie Biden Owens

Valerie Biden Owens is the first woman in U.S. history to have run a presidential campaign—that of her brother, Joseph R. Biden, Jr. She also led his seven straight U.S. Senate victories and has been his principal surrogate on the campaign trail.Valerie is Chair of the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware and a partner at Owens Patrick Leadership Seminars. Valerie sits on the Advisory Board of the Beau Biden Foundation for the Protection of Children. For 20 years, when Valerie was not managing or advising President Biden’s campaigns, she served as Executive Vice President of Joe Slade White & Co., a media consulting firm. She has worked extensively with Women’s Campaign International, teaching women how to organize and develop communication and political skills. Valerie has also served on the National Board of the Women’s Leadership Forum of the Democratic National Committee and has served for 35 years on the board of The Ministry of Caring. She is a graduate of the University of Delaware. She is married to Jack Owens, an attorney and businessman. They have three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jean on February 11, 2022

I would like to thank Celadon Books for providing me with a copy of this most interesting book in exchange for an honest review. This is a story of an Irish Catholic family as told by the only girl in a family of boys. The book is heartwarming with some humor tossed in. The book is not a political b......more

Goodreads review by Donald on April 26, 2022

Heart warming, reassuring and sincere describe this wonderful short book. Valerie Biden Owen is beautiful on all axis! A great memoir of politics and the enduring meaning of familial love. Very well written, this book will hold your attention, evoke tears (joyful and sorrowful), and make the laughs......more

Goodreads review by Kasa on February 06, 2022

While there is not much new material that can be presented about our 46th President, this is a welcome insider account of what it meant to grow up as his younger (and only) sister. His innate warmth, sincerity and honesty are on full display through the eyes of Valerie Biden Owens, his closest confi......more

Goodreads review by Danielle Josephine on January 30, 2022

In Growing Up Biden, Valerie Biden Owens has found the perfect blend of heartwarming anecdotes that brought a smile to my face, while sprinkling in plenty of comical moments that left me laughing out loud, and stories that brought tears to my eyes. The introduction includes a quote that is often att......more

Goodreads review by Amy on March 06, 2022

*This was a giveaway, an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy). The book was mailed to me free of charge by the publisher, so I might write an honest review. I am delighted to do so. The publication day approaches soon – April 2022. This is a beautiful book, and I loved reading it. I got swept up in it. It has......more

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