Press

What the critics say

My Life is, without question, the best written U.S. presidential tome of all time
- Financial Times

Bill Clinton has given an unprecedented story of a White House life and the roads that led to it
- The Times

You can't help but feel you're in the company, one on one, of the man himself... The narrative is engaging... The accounts of high-wire diplomacy... are all riveting
- Guardian

His book tells, in an extraordinary way, a truly heartening story of American democracy
- Evening Standard

By a generous measure ... the richest American presidential autobiography - no other book tells us as vividly or fully what it is like to be president of the United States ... And he can write
- The New York Times Book Review

A hell of a good story
- Entertainment Weekly

It's an almost voluptuous pleasure to read Clinton when he's recounting and analyzing a political race or a legislative battle, whether it's one of his own or somebody else's
- The New Yorker

Consistently fascinating
- The Seattle Times

Clinton talks with disarming frankness [and] writes with grace and fluidity . . . He is also a born storyteller
- The New Republic

Might just be the perfect representation of the man himself
- The Plain Dealer

Clinton has many tales to tell, particularly a rich, sometimes moving account of his years before the public life, fit for future analytical historians and biographers . . . The personal and the political are intertwined . . . Clinton's story very much reflects the man we know
- The Nation

He manages to create the distinct impression that he is sitting in the living room talking to the reader . . . Anyone who is geninely interested in American politics will find his insights and anecdotes fascinating . . . The book helps to elucidate the question of 'how he did it'
- Deseret Morning News

It's a saga worthy of Cecil B. DeMille, a rags-to-riches tale full of the stuff of human frailty, with a cast of hundreds, complete with low-life villians and high-minded heroes and, as such stories require, an upbeat ending . . . The 1990s come to life once again as a time of uncommon tumult and riveting personalities . . . The personalities on parade are as vivid as the events
- Newark Star-Ledger

Tremendously interesting and entertaining . . . Clinton's is a truly American story to which the average person can relate . . . Future politicians will find it a must-read, and average Americans will identify with the highs and lows we all experience as we make our way through life
- Chattanooga Times Free Press

Takes readers through a strong account of the achievements and failures of his administrattion . . . No other presidential memoir is likely to be so lively . . . Bill Clinton is hard to dismiss, and so is an account of his extraordinary life
- The Tennessean

A reading of My Life is a necessity for lovers of good autobiograpy. It reads like a down-home history of a life and, thus, anchors Clinton as a superb storyteller . . . Candid . . . Honest . . . Stimulating
- Huntsville Times