NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful Memoir about impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all.
In candid, in-the-moment detail, we see him struggle with undiagnosed illness as he considered a presidential bid; witness his family buoy him through challenging treatment; and, giving hope to so many of us, see him heal..
In this brutally honest second memoir, following his New York Times bestselling debut Outside the Wire , Jason Kander has written the book he himself needed in the most painful moments of his PTSD.
And finally, he sought help.
He dropped out of the mayor\'s race and out of public life.
But after eleven years battling Ptsd from his service in Afghanistan, Jason was seized by depression and suicidal thoughts.
As observers assumed he was preparing a run for the presidency, Jason announced a bid for mayor of Kansas City instead and was headed for a landslide victory.
Suddenly, Jason was a national figure. --Wes Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The Other Wes Moore In 2017, President Obama, in his final Oval Office interview, was asked who gave him hope for the future of the country, and Jason Kander was the first name he mentioned.
This combination of honesty, thoughtfulness, urgency, and vulnerability is not common in leaders, and Jason demonstrates boundless occupancy of all of these traits.
A truly special book.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From political wunderkind and former army intelligence officer Jason Kander comes a haunting, powerful Memoir about impossible choices--and how sometimes walking away from the chance of a lifetime can be the greatest decision of all
