First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17

first volume of former President Barack Obama’s memoir is coming out v. 17, two weeks after Election Day. It’s called “A Promised Land” and will cover his swift and historic rise to White House and his first term in office.

publication date for second volume has t yet been determined.

“I’ve spent last few years reflecting on my presidency, and in ‘A Promised Land’ I’ve tried to provide an honest accounting of my presidential campaign and my time in office: key events and people who shaped it; my take on what I got right and mistakes I me; and political, ecomic, and cultural forces that my team and I h to confront n — and that as a nation we are grappling with still,” Obama said in a statement Thursday.

“In book, I’ve also tried to give reers a sense of personal journey that Michelle and I went through during those years, with all incredible highs and lows. And finally, at a time when America is going through such ermous upheaval, book offers some of my broer thoughts on how we can heal divisions in our country going forward and make our democracy work for everybody — a task that won’t depend on any single president, but on all of us as engd citizens.”

Obama’s book, like his previous ones, will be released by Crown.

768-p book is most anticipated presidential memoir in memory, as much or more because of quality of writing than for any possible revelations. He has been called most literary president since Abraham Lincoln and has alrey written two highly praised, million-selling books: “Dreams from My Far” and “ Audacity of Hope,” both of which have been cited as aiding his presidential run in 2008 and making him country’s first Black president.

Even with a substantial list price of $45, “ Promised Land” is virtually guaranteed to sell millions of copies. But it will face challenges far different from most presidential memoirs, and even from former first ly Michelle Obama’s blockbuster book, “Becoming,” which came out two years ago. Because of pandemic, former president will likely be unable to have spectacular arena tour that Michelle Obama h.

Barack Obama also may find his book coming out at a time when v. 3 election is still undecided and country is far more preoccupied with who next president will be than with events of past.