@article{801940,
      recid = {801940},
      author = {Biden, Joseph R.,},
      title = {Promise me, Dad : a year of hope, hardship, and purpose /},
      pages = {260 pages ;},
      abstract = {In November 2014, thirteen members of the Biden family  gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they  had been celebrating for the past forty years. It was the  one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and  overscheduled life. But this year felt different from all  those that had come before. Joe and Jill Biden's eldest  son, Beau, had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor  fifteen months earlier, and his survival was uncertain.  "Promise me, Dad," Beau had told his father. "Give me your  word that no matter what happens, you're going to be all  right." Joe Biden gave him his word. The year that followed  would be the most momentous and challenging in Joe Biden's  extraordinary life and career. Vice President Biden  traveled more than a hundred thousand miles that year,  across the world, dealing with crises in Ukraine, Central  America, and Iraq. When a call came from New York, or  Capitol Hill, or Kyiv, or Baghdad, he responded. For twelve  months, while Beau fought for and then lost his life, the  vice president balanced the twin imperatives of living up  to his responsibilities to his country and his  responsibilities to his family. And never far away was the  insistent and urgent question of whether he should seek the  presidency in 2016. But even in the worst times, Biden was  able to lean on the strength of his long, deep bonds with  his family, on his faith, and on his deepening friendship  with the man in the Oval Office, Barack Obama. Joe Biden  allows readers to feel the urgency of each moment, to  experience the days when he felt unable to move forward as  well as the days when he felt like he could not afford to  stop. This is a story of how family and friendships sustain  us and how hope, purpose, and action can guide us through  the pain of personal loss into the light of a new future.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/801940},
}