It was not the Javits Center event we had planned for Hillary Clinton, but seven months after a sad night under that glass ceiling, Hillary Clinton finally did make her entrance and was cheerful, open, and honest.
She was interviewed by Cheryl Strayed who wrote (and experienced) Wild and said she’s been reading mysteries. She mentioned Louise Penny. I went through every Louise Penny book this year as an escape from the political news. I recommend her books! Very educational about Canada for Americans who might not know a lot of Canadian history and a nice, warm, small-town set of stock characters with whom you become friends.
What Is Hillary Clinton Doing Now? Writing a New Book, Reading Mysteries and Resisting Donald Trump
After Hillary Clinton lost the presidential election to Donald Trump last November, she found solace in an unusual place: murder mysteries. As Trump was celebrating his victory and selecting his cabinet, she was diving into works by authors like Louise Penny, Jacqueline Winspear and Donna Leon.
The reason, she said, was simple: “It was very comforting because it”—solving the murder—”was somebody else’s problem.”
Touching on everything from those fictional crimes to chardonnay, Clinton spoke Thursday night to a packed house at Book Expo, a publishing industry event hosted by ReedPOP in New York City. The event took place in the Javits Center, the location for what was supposed to be her victory party on Nov. 8.
Every time Hillary stands on a stage and we hear about it,we are given a visual example of how to survive grief and loss. How to pick ourselves up and carry on with humor and faith in the basic goodness of people.
I also find it so heartening when she continues to delve into the issues that face us as a nation. She gets a boatload of criticism whenever she talks about the election but the truth is the 2016 election needs analysis..what went wrong and how to fix it;both nationally and within the DNC. If we,as a nation,only focus on trump’s role we’re not addressing how to prevent this from happening again.Plus Hillary’s policies, that received so little coverage during the election, remain excellent answers to so many of this country’s problems and deserve/need to be talked about.Maybe now that she’s no longer a threat to be elected people might actually listen to her policies.And,obviously, there’s a policy vacuum out there…wouldn’t hurt the DNC to start promoting some of them.
So more Hillary please;a few more mysteries and a touch of chardonnay.Then we’ll be just fine.
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Well said! I agree completely. I was miffed last night when Eliot Spitzer cut Rebecca Traister off because I think she was just about to say what you did about analyzing this election. Spitzer said we have to stop looking to the past, but we do have to look at this election because what happened is completely new as far as we know.
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And, unfortunately, Spitzer’s not the only Democrat with this talking point–let’s not look at the past. There seems to be a rising chorus, as if all the problems revealed by this election will magically solve themselves. From Russian interference to voter suppression, 2016 was sui generis. Refusing to look at “the past” guarantees that the past is prologue. But Dems always seem to have these blinders on after “losing”. We’ll get ’em next time should be the party motto. And the media accuses Hillary of not being self-reflective. My God! She’s the only one who is!
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