Speaking for Myself: Faith, Freedom, and the Fight of Our Lives Inside the Trump White House

by Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Overview

Now in paperback—the Instant New York Times, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller

A candid, riveting account of the Trump White House, on the front lines and behind the scenes.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders served as White House Press Secretary for President Donald J. Trump from 2017 to 2019. A trusted confidante of the President, Sanders advised him on everything from press and communications strategy to personnel and policy. She was at the President’s side for two and a half years, battling with the media, working with lawmakers and CEOs, and accompanying the President on every international trip, including dozens of meetings with foreign leaders—all while unfailingly exhibiting grace under pressure. Upon her departure from the administration, President Trump described Sarah as “irreplaceable,” a “warrior” and “very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job.”

In Speaking for Myself, Sarah Huckabee Sanders describes what it was like on the front lines and inside the White House, discussing her faith, the challenges of being a working mother at the highest level of American politics, her relationship with the press, and her unique role in the historic fight raging between the Trump administration and its critics for the future of our country.

This frank, revealing, and engaging memoir offers a truly unique perspective on the most important issues and events of the era, and unprecedented access to both public and behind-the-scenes conversations within the Trump White House.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250817136
Publisher:	St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/21/2021
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	46,987
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS served as the White House press secretary from 2017-2019; she was the third woman and first mother to ever hold the position. The daughter of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Sanders has worked in leadership roles for U.S senators, governors, and presidential campaigns. Sarah has been recognized in TIME Magazine’s “40 under 40” as one of the best political operatives of her generation. She is a Fox News contributor, advises major companies, and serves on the Fulbright board as an appointee of President Trump. Sarah lives in Little Rock, Arkansas with her husband Bryan, their children Scarlett, Huck, and George, and their golden retriever Traveler.

Table of Contents

Contents:

1. Kill ‘Em All
2. Arkansas
3. Winning
4. Press Sec
5. No-Man’s-Land
6. Fire and Fury
7. Liberal Mob
8. Witch Hunt
9. Working Mom
10. Fighting for Us
11. Warrior
12. Be the Somebodies
Acknowledgments

Editorial Reviews

"Special, unique, a deep dive...about what's actually at stake." —Sean Hannity

From the Publisher

2020-09-08
Dutiful memoir by the sitting president’s erstwhile mouthpiece.

Two things emerge from the latest text from a recently departed true believer: Sanders is loyal, the quality that Donald Trump admires above any other, ability and intelligence included; and she inhabits an irony-free world. For instance, when her boss promised at his inauguration, “we are transferring power from Washington, DC, and giving it back to you, the American people,” she took him at his word. Throughout this colorless, unnecessary memoir, Sanders professes her love for Trump and his entourage, adding encomia such as, “the president is surrounded by some of the most incredible and most talented people you could ever imagine.” She nigh on swoons when Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh (“a legend and a hero in the conservative movement”) is in the room, which thrills her almost as much as when Trump fired Rex Tillerson in favor of Mike Pompeo, who “brought a swagger to the job.” The news here has already been thoroughly aired—e.g., that Trump, told that Kim Jong-un had winked at her, said that he was sending her to North Korea, where she would be “taking one for the team.” Anything, one supposes, to get away from what the author calls the “liberal mob,” exemplified by the mean woman who denied her service at a little restaurant in Lexington, Virginia. At the White House, she writes, “the food is outstanding, and the burger is my favorite in Washington.” How to put up with unbelievers like that restaurateur and CNN’s infernal Jim Acosta? Faith, above all: “One of the most important things about being a Christian is knowing that God loves us no matter what.” And so does Trump, who, when she left the White House to “reconnect with my family,” called her “a warrior”—and, to trust the reports, we all know how he esteems warriors.

For compulsive collectors of Trumpiana only.

Kirkus Reviews