Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy by Jamie Raskin

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Unthinkable by Jamie Raskin A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.In this searing memoir, Congressman Jamie Raskin tells the story of the forty-five days at the start of 2021 that permanently changed his life—and his familys—as he confronted the painful loss of his son to suicide, lived through the violent insurrection in our nations Capitol, and led the impeachment effort to hold President Trump accountable for inciting the political violence. On December 31, 2020, Tommy Raskin, the only son of Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, tragically took his own life after a long struggle with depression. Seven days later on January 6, Congressman Raskin returned to Congress to help certify the 2020 Presidential election results, when violent insurrectionists led by right wing extremist groups stormed the U.S. Capitol hoping to hand four more years of power to President Donald Trump. As our reeling nation mourned the deaths of numerous people and lamented the injuries of more than 140 police officers hurt in the attack, Congressman Raskin, a Constitutional law professor, was called upon to put aside his overwhelming grief—both personal and professional—and lead the impeachment effort against President Trump for inciting the violence. Together this nine-member team of House impeachment managers riveted a nation still in anguish, putting on an unprecedented Senate trial that produced the most bipartisan Presidential impeachment vote in American history. Now for the first time, Congressman Raskin discusses this unimaginable convergence of personal and public trauma, detailing how the painful loss of his son and the power of Tommys convictions fueled the Congressmans work in the aftermath of modern democracys darkest day. Going inside Congress on January 6, he recounts the horror of that day, a day that he and other Democrats had spent months preparing for under the correct assumption that they would encounter an attempted electoral coup—not against a President but for one. And yet, on January 6, he faced the one thing he had failed to anticipate: mass political violence designed to block Bidens election. With an inside account of leading the team prosecuting President Trump in the Senate, Congressman Raskin shares never before told stories of just how close we came to losing our democracy that fateful day and lays out the methodical prosecution that convinced Democrats and Republicans alike of Trumps responsibility for inciting insurrectionary violence against our government. Through it all, he reckons with the loss of his brilliant, remarkable son, a Harvard Law student whose values and memory continually inspired the Congressman to confront the dark impulses unleashed by Donald Trump. At turns, a moving story of a father coping with his pain and a revealing examination of holding President Trump accountable for the violence he fomented, this book is a vital reminder of the ongoing struggle for the soul of American democracy and the perseverance that our Constitution demands from us all. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Congressman Jamie Raskin has proudly represented Marylands Eighth Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017. Prior to his time in Congress, Raskin was a three-term state senator in Maryland and the Senate Majority Whip. He was also a professor of constitutional law at American Universitys Washington College of Law for more than twenty-five years. He has authored several books, including Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. The American People and We the Students: Supreme Court Cases for and about Students. Congressman Raskin is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and a former editor of the Harvard Law Review. He and his wife, Sarah, live in Takoma Park where they raised their three children, Hannah Grace, Thomas Bloom (1995-2020), and Tabitha Claire. Review "[An] extraordinary new memoir of an extraordinary year…It is hard to think of an American political figure for whom the past year brought stranger crosswinds: a tornado collision of chilling loss and rising moral leadership." — Vogue"Unthinkable is not a work of emotional austerity; rather, it is an unburdening, a howl, a devotional. The grief is nightmarish, but the love that suffuses the text is even more powerful—the love for family and a lost child, as well as a love for a fragile democracy. It takes its greatest inspiration from the idealism of Raskins son." — David Remnick, The New Yorker"[Congressman Raskin] is, in addition to everything else, a really good writer. The blow-by-blow of January 6 is riveting. The passages about his son, and his own pain, are sometimes searing." — New Republic"[In Unthinkable] Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is on a journey — moving through layers of excruciating trauma and grief…The journey to make sense of Tommys death and honor his life has added a new fuel for Raskin to right the wrongs of the Jan. 6 attack." — NPR Review Quote "[An] extraordinary new memoir of an extraordinary year...It is hard to think of an American political figure for whom the past year brought stranger crosswinds: a tornado collision of chilling loss and rising moral leadership." -- Vogue "Unthinkable is not a work of emotional austerity; rather, it is an unburdening, a howl, a devotional. The grief is nightmarish, but the love that suffuses the text is even more powerful--the love for family and a lost child, as well as a love for a fragile democracy. It takes its greatest inspiration from the idealism of Raskins son." -- David Remnick, The New Yorker "[Congressman Raskin] is, in addition to everything else, a really good writer. The blow-by-blow of January 6 is riveting. The passages about his son, and his own pain, are sometimes searing." -- New Republic "[In Unthinkable] Congressman Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is on a journey -- moving through layers of excruciating trauma and grief...The journey to make sense of Tommys death and honor his life has added a new fuel for Raskin to right the wrongs of the Jan. 6 attack." -- NPR Details ISBN0063209799 Author Jamie Raskin Short Title Unthinkable Pages 448 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0063209799 ISBN-13 9780063209794 Format Paperback Subtitle Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Publication Date 2023-02-16 Imprint HarperPerennial Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States US Release Date 2023-02-16 UK Release Date 2023-02-16 Translator Yan Liu Edited by Zeguang Lu Birth 1974 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Position journalist Qualifications S. J. 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