NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� has a memoir coming out this fall about his years since leaving public office in 2001. 鈥淐itizen: My Life After the White House鈥� will cover everything from the presidential campaigns of his wife, to his views on events ranging from the Jan. 6 insurrection to the Iraq War.
Alfred A. Knopf, which published Clinton's million-selling presidential memoir 鈥淢y Life,鈥� will release the new book Nov. 19.
鈥淚 knew as I entered this new chapter of my life that I鈥檇 keep score the way I always have: Are people better off when you quit than when you started? Do our children have a brighter future? Are we coming together instead of falling apart?鈥� Clinton said in a statement Thursday.
"'Citizen' is the story of my 23-plus years since leaving the White House, told largely through the stories of other people who changed my life as I tried to help change theirs, of those who supported me, including those I loved and lost, and of the mistakes I made along the way,鈥� he said.
Knopf is calling the book 鈥渞emarkably candid, and richly detailed,鈥� offering 鈥渇ascinating insight into Clinton鈥檚 life 鈥� both personal and political.鈥�
Over the past two decades, Clinton has worked on numerous charitable causes, including AIDS treatment and relief for Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. Besides 鈥淢y Life,鈥� his books have included the policy tract 鈥淲orking鈥� and a pair of bestselling thrillers co-authored by James Patterson: and 鈥淭he President's Daughter.鈥�
He has also been involved in various controversies, among them questions over the funding for Haiti's rebuilding efforts and his association with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein (Clinton, who flew several times on Epstein鈥檚 private jet, that Epstein was involved in sex trafficking). In 2018, revived talk of Clinton's affair with then-White House intern
A Knopf spokesperson declined comment on whether Clinton would write about Epstein or other controversies.
Financial terms for 鈥淐itizen鈥� were not disclosed. Clinton was represented by Robert Barnett and Michael O鈥機onnor of Williams & Connolly, where other clients include Hillary Clinton, former and .
Hillel Italie, The Associated Press
