

"We expected 'Living History' to be the best-selling biography of the summer and think the momentum will continue through the fall," Brown said. Tuesday afternoon, "Living History" was in first place on Barnes & Noble's list of online sales. The total includes sales at stores and online, from midnight Sunday to midnight Monday. "More than 40,000 books were sold in 24 hours it's a tremendous amount of books," said Carolyn Brown, director of communications at Barnes & Noble. "Living History" sold more copies in its first day of release than any other nonfiction book in Barnes & Noble's history, the company said Tuesday. Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoir focusing on her White House years as first lady flew off the shelves on its first day of release, and the publisher is already printing more copies. “No, I don’t miss it.NEW YORK (CNN) - Sen.

“I haven’t been in the Biden years.” The last time was in late 2016, at the end of Barack Obama’s presidency as she was winding down her role as the vice chair of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.ĭoes she miss it? “The short answer is that, at 20, that feeling of walking through those gates and up those stairs: It’s never going to be the same,” she says, reminiscing about the White House internship that brought her into Clinton’s orbit 26 years ago. “Let’s see I didn’t go during the Trump years,” she recalls. She leans back in her chair at an outdoor cafe on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, brushing back her hair as she thinks out loud.

“So much of what happened to me professionally felt like I was floating in a cauldron, and so much about this book is about taking control,” says Huma Abedin (above) of her memoir, ‘Both/And,’ which comes out in paperback on October 4.Īfter promoting her memoir, Both/And, for more than a year, Huma Abedin is shocked that this is the first time she’s been asked: When was the last time you visited the White House? “Honestly, I don’t remember,” the 47-year-old political strategist says.
