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For nearly a decade, Amy Chozick chronicled Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of the presidency. Chozick’s front-row seat, initially at the Wall Street Journal covering Mrs. Clinton’s imploding 2008 campaign, and then at the New York Times where she was assigned “The Hillary Beat”, set off a years-long journey in which the formative years of her twenties and thirties became, both personally and professionally, intrinsically intertwined to Clinton’s presidential ambitions. As Mrs. Clinton tried, and twice failed, to shatter “that highest hardest glass ceiling,” Chozick was trying, with various fits and starts, to scale the highest echelons of American journalism.

In a rollicking, hilarious, dishy narrative, Chozick takes us through the high- (and low-) lights of a wildly dramatic presidential race. But Chozick’s unique vantage point and candor lift the veil from the story we thought we all knew. Here is the real story of what happened, with the kind of inside detail that constantly surprises and enlightens.

But Chasing Hillary is also the unusually personal and moving story of how Chozick came to understand Clinton not as an unknowable enigma and political animal, but as a complete, complex, person, full of contradictions and forged in the crucible of political battles that had long predated Chozick’s years covering her. And as Chozick gets engaged, married, buys an apartment, climbs the professional ladder, and inquires about freezing her eggs so she can have children after the 2016 campaign, she dives deeper into decisions Mrs. Clinton had made at similar points in her early career. In the process, Chozick develops an intimate understanding of what drives Clinton, how she accomplished what no woman had before, and why she ultimately failed. And the social fissures in the electorate that would drive angry voters to Donald Trump and blindside Hillary Clinton, unexpectedly bring out the tensions in Chozick’s own life–between the red state she came from and the blue state she ended up in, between her desire to climb in journalism as a woman, but be treated no differently than a man.

Mrs. Clinton’s shocking defeat would mark the end of the almost imperial hold she’d had on Chozick for most of her professional life. But the results also make Chozick question everything she’d worked so hard for in the first place. Political journalism had failed. The elite world Chozick had tried for years to fit in with had been rebuffed. The less qualified, bombastic man had triumphed, as they always seemed to do, and Mrs. Clinton had retreated to the woods in Chappaqua, N.Y. finally comfortable enough to just walk, no makeup, no pants suit, showing the real person Chozick had spent years hoping to see. Illuminating, poignant, laugh-out-loud funny, Chasing Hillary is a campaign book like never before.

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Amy Chozick is the narrator of Chasing Hillary audiobook that was written by Amy Chozick

Amy Chozick is a writer-at-large for the New York Times. Originally from San Antonio, Texas, she lives in New York with her husband and son.

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Narrator Amy Chozick
Length 12 hours 34 minutes
Author Amy Chozick
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date April 24, 2018
ISBN 9780062856180

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The publisher of the Chasing Hillary is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs

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The publisher of the Chasing Hillary is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062856180.

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Goodreads Reviews

Daniel

September 15, 2018

Hesitant to pick up Hillary Clinton's book, What Happened, I got this from the library instead. I was worried that there were aspects of Clinton that she herself wasn't aware of that played a key role in the election and I wanted something more at a remove and critical, but reasonable. This fit that to a degree. And, I love these kinds of books, by journalists about what they are seeing as they cover the stories. But this had two hard lessons.Chozick was the New York Times reporter assigned to follow the Clinton campaign. This means that she was on the press plane and attended about every event she could, at the cost of, in a way, of being too close and not getting a chance to really analyze the campaign, and do research and talk to other people and whatever it entails to get a broader picture. Her book is wordy and mixes in a lot extra information about her personal life, but Chozick is entertaining and writes intelligently and perceptively and is a terrific narrator. Unfortunately, she writes about a very naive, under-experienced journalist making a lot of mistakes, losing sight of the big picture, and accomplishing roughly the opposite of what she intended. Kudos for honesty, but... Chozick saw Clinton up close and all the problems and awkwardness Clinton managed to convey to the press, and that's basically what she reported. From her came a series of negative articles - to the point that Clinton campaign hated her. Of course, she was actually a big fan of Clinton. What she did was exactly in line with what the New York Times accomplished in a nutshell. Find the flaws in every candidate, and equate them on the headlines. Clinton e-mails become just as bad on Trump's lacks of ethics. It's a really disturbing kind of insight and one that left me disheartened and discouraged with our big presses. (I know, I'm not alone there).But this book is a two punch, and that's just one of them. The other is against Clinton. Anecdotal side note: So, I know I made too much of this, but I have this memory of Clinton as Secretary of State, after having recently lost to Obama. She was in Malaysia and doing an event with a bunch of kids and I was interested because, despite all her time as a public figure, I never felt I got a sense of who she was. It was such an awkward event. Clinton clearly wasn't comfortable with these kids, but she forced her way through it, smile pasted on. The kids were fine and, later the same day news stories praised her. I've been worried about her since. (this isn't in the book, of course)Clinton, it turns out, is really awkward with the press and with groups of people she doesn't know in general. In her fund raising sessions, she can cut the chase and say the critical stuff and comes across really smart. She is really smart. She is also knowledgeable, experienced and hard hitting. But, in the midst of supporters and watched by the press, she struggles and hates every minute of it, pastes on the fake smile that no one thinks is real. She looks like she is putting on an act. Chozick thinks it was Clinton's handling of the emails that gave Trump the confidence he could beat her. I think this noteworthy. Most people at a sane-allowing political remove know that e-mail thing was a lot of about nothing. It's unfortunate she wasn't careful, she should have known better, but mainly it was just bad consequence of a kind of innocent mistake. But, it became a story because Clinton couldn't handle the press and kill it. It was left to linger.She was apparently way worse in 2016 than in 2008. Chozick implies she seemed worn out and she kept the press, the group Chozick was a part of, at an unbridgeable distance, never letting any of them get to know her or interview her. No private conversations, no insightful comments and news releases. She even had two campaign planes - one for herself, and a second plane for the press dedicated to following her campaign.In a nutshell, she was terrible with the press and did everything in her power to make it worse. I close this book convinced that had Clinton become president she would have pushed a lot of good policies, done a generally good job with all the executive agencies, appointed generally good people to critical posts, and the country would have hated her. Every mistake would be blown out of proportion, like Benghazi, and she wouldn't handle it well. In the midst of whatever success, the spotlight would be focused on the problems. And the New York Times would be part of that. I really appreciate this book. I have to say that. Whatever Chozick did or didn't do wrong in her job, she provides a great deal of insight here into a lot things. I wonder how much of this kind of analysis is in What Happened. How does one say, "I was awkward at my own rallies and hated them"? How does one say, "I failed to build any relationship with the press because I didn't want to"? You can't get that kind of ground truth from the person who is actually in the spot light and must be guarded about everything they say. As we now live under a world where the US is run by a sociopathic nutjob undermining critical aspects of all government agencies and the courts, strengthening the ugliest world leaders, while running out a series a news-absorbing lies and nursing his relationship to white supremacists, it's kind of hard to understand how this happened. Russian bots, Breitbart, Fox and The Drudge Report all played their parts in their misinformation campaigns, but also, the mainstream press allowed themselves to be played, and the Clinton campaign was unable to manage it.-----------------------------------------------46. Chasing Hillary : Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling (audio) by Amy Chozickpublished: 2018format: 12:42 Libby audiobook (~352 pages, 382 pages in hardcover)acquired: Librarylistened: Jun 27-Jul 3, Aug 31 - Sep 11rating: 4+

Marcia

May 22, 2018

I thoroughly enjoyed reading (and listening to) Chasing Hillary. Ms. Chozick does a terrific job balancing personal anecdotes with solid information on how campaigns are covered these days, especially by the New York Times. As a former reporter, I found it fascinating. As a voter, it explained so much that confounded me about the entire campaign and its candidate.One of the most interesting chunks of the book is Ms. Chozick's analysis/feeling about the way the final days of the campaign were (mis)handled. One anecdote alone - a stop at a Wisconsin Anthropologie store, followed by Ms. Clinton's abandonment of the state - should be taught to all politicos as how *not* to win votes and influence people.Given the choices in the General Election, I'd vote for Hillary again, but this was a rigged game. I hope the Democrat Party leadership reads books like Ms. Chozick's, and realizes that the American people don't want the Party leadership's and Super Delegates' anointed choice; we progressives want to choose our own. (Yes, I know it can be like herding cats, but sometimes democracy can be messy.)Democrats like Uncle Joe? Step up. Democrats like "Prince Harry" Reid? Step back.Well-done, Ms. Chozick. Very well-done.

Laura Hoeman

May 05, 2018

Entertaining readI enjoyed the book. Not boring. The author is too obsessed with Hillary and too impressed by her own journalism career, but so what? It’s a fun book to read.

Aleks

July 09, 2018

A pretty interesting read. I wasn't a Hillary supporter but I wanted to see her side of the campaign + the reviews of this book really sold me on it.I think the strength of this book is that despite it following one person (author) throughout the story it doesn't really get bogged down in one place for too long or become tedious. At the same time I don't feel the author sacrifices context and background.Still, it's recommended to have a good understanding of the 2016 election, 2008 election, and American politics in general before reading this.A few things that stuck out to me:Basically as a journalist you can't win. Everybody thinks you are shilling for the other side. the author describes the hate she received from the Bernie Bros who thought she was a Hillary shill; the Trump supporters who hate any journalist critical of Trump; and even Hillary and her own people, the campaign the author was supposedly shilling for, didn't like or trust the author. Another thing that stood out the most to me was what Hillary said on election night when she learned that she lost: "I knew they would never let me have it." Who did she mean by they? It was very interesting to see Hillary, basically the pinnacle of the elite political establishment, speak like a victim and underdog. Especially since she was a massive favorite to win.Would I recommend this book? I would recommend it to people who followed the campaign and are interested by American politics. I did find it to be unbiased, even though the author is clearly in awe of Hillary Clinton. The book doesn't go heavily into policies and the political system. It is full of small anecdotes and they are a treat.What were the weaknesses of this book? I did not feel like I knew Hillary Clinton much more than before I read this book. Even the author is frustrated by how little Hillary reveals of her true self and so much of her public persona is calculated. I'm just surprised that someone who dedicated most of their professional career to Hillary wasn't able to get past this facade.

Lynn

May 24, 2018

Amy Chozick has a great story of Hillary Clinton's campaign during the presidential run of 2016. She was also reporting on the 2008 campaign but doesn't include much about the time in this book. Amy, a political reporter of The New York Times, discusses in a charming manner, the campaign run by Hillary Clinton and directed by Robby Mook. Mook who was involved in the Obama campaigns convinced her to ignore the white working class voters who turned out for her in 2008 and for Bill Clinton in two elections in the 1990's. Choczick speaks about Bill's misgivings and his charm and engaging manner when speaking to the press. Hillary on the other hand was wary of the press and never felt quite comfortable with them and with large groups. Hillary was great with personal matters and when Amy's grandmother died, she sent her a lovely note mourning her death. At this moment I am wishing that I could write as well as Amy but it is not to be, at least on this day. The book on Hillary's campaign is distant enough to look at it with a detached view, neither too pro or negative, but with a realism that strikes me as honest. But Amy is also accessible to me as another woman who regrets that the first woman president wasn't to be Hillary or at this time in our country. The Russian scandal is only touched upon as it wasn't seen as a deciding factor in 2016 and much of the information wasn't out yet. 2016 will be seen as a tragedy when a woman's failings seemed much smaller than a man's yet were "trumped" up with such noise that she was unable to gain the electoral votes to win and a totally unqualified man succeeded.

Mollie

June 13, 2018

Amy gives a fair and critical take on Hillary’s two attempts at the Oval with lots of interesting tidbits from the campaign trail. I guess I keep reading these election dissection books because I’m a masochist.

Joseph (Manny)

December 31, 2021

This is such a wonderful book. It is well written with a good plot structure however, it also doesn’t really add much to my understanding of Hillary. If you want to know more about the Journalism Beat this is a phenomenal book, but any information said of Hillary are facts and insights I have heard before. The main reason I give it four stars would be due to the author at times changing her past views, there seemed to be a slight inconsistency with how she looks at the past (being that in the present she knew what had caused certain events). One aspect I do not like is how the author tries to convey herself as an independent journalist (plus Hillary supporter) along with her hate love relationship with covering Hillary. Although conveying herself this way seems truthful, it hurts her credibility I suppose. Though I did enjoy her truthful moments with how she focused too much on Russia or talked too much with Trump, overall a good book worth the read.

Chris

August 19, 2018

Amy Chozick is the NYTimes reporter who followed Hillary for both presidential campaigns and reading Hillary's book and then this one, well, it gives a more complete picture. You see that Hillary's team, Bill (just as I thought he'd be in 'private'), Hillary herself, the 'Bernie Bros' (hated them before, and now more so), and the media (in fairness, Chozick blames them just as much) are all to blame about what happened and why. It also made me so glad that I never went into either politics or journalism--the asshole quotient is off of the charts. One of the best political books I've read and while it only covers a sliver of the race (focuses very little on Trump [thank god]) it does give one of the clearer pictures. Highly recommend for anyone into politics, journalism, Hillary, or just wait, what happened again, our country is run by a criminal, immoral reality star?

Dee

May 12, 2018

I too, as many reviewers below, have tried to stop reading about the campaign that broke my heart. But seeing the author make her rounds on cable TV convinced me I had to read this, and I’m glad I did. It’s not the definitive history of the Clinton campaign, nor an in-depth analysis of what went wrong. It was not intended to be. I liked it for the inside (and surprisingly discrete) look at the campaign gig of a lifetime through the author’s eyes. I almost decided not to read the last couple of chapters, wanting to avoid the inevitable torture, but could not resist. I highly recommend it for political nerds like me.

Sharyn

August 18, 2019

Fun summer read and more bad news sometimes hilariously told about how badly Hillary ran her campaign. Chozick places her own memoir alongside her work assignment: NY Times reporter on Hillary's campaign.

Elaine

May 01, 2018

An inside look at starting your journalism career assigned to Hillary beat at Wall Street Journal and moving on to The New York Times. Chozick captures the ambition, self-doubt and personal and professional challenges of covering the First Woman President nominee.

Len

September 21, 2018

The audiobook is highly recommended for the author’s WJC and HRC impressions alone. Be warned, though: it is a *lot* to take in, especially as the book winds towards election day and the campaign feels the presidency slipping through their hands.

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