Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
{{Short description|2019 book by Susan Rice}}
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| author = Susan E. Rice
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| genre = Non-fiction
| publisher = Simon & Schuster
| release_date = October 8, 2019
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Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For is a 2019 nonfiction book published by Simon & Schuster by Susan Rice,{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tough-Love/Susan-Rice/9781501189975|title=Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For|first=Susan |last=Rice|date=October 8, 2019|publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York, NY}}{{Cite news| first = Karen |last=DeYoung | series = Review |title=For Susan Rice, diplomacy began at home — at age 7| newspaper = Washington Post|access-date=June 20, 2020|date=December 6, 2019| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/for-susan-rice-diplomacy-began-at-home--at-age-7/2019/12/06/3bec4f1e-0fc9-11ea-bf62-eadd5d11f559_story.html}}{{Cite web| title = Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For| work = Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs|access-date=June 20, 2020| url = https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/tough-love-my-story-things-worth-fighting}}{{Cite web| title = Book Marks reviews of Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting for by Susan Rice| work = Book Marks|access-date=June 20, 2020| url = https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/tough-love-my-story-of-the-things-worth-fighting-for/}} who had served as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and as National Security Adviser under President Barack Obama.
Reception
The review in The New York Times described Rice's "retelling of the foreign policy decisions of the Clinton and Obama administrations" as "clinical."{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| title = 'Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For,' by Susan Rice: An Excerpt| work = The New York Times|first=Abby D. |last=Phillip| access-date = June 20, 2020| date = October 24, 2019| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/books/review/tough-love-my-story-of-the-things-worth-fighting-for-by-susan-rice-an-excerpt.html}} The Times described how Rice had become a "lightning rod of partisan hatred" as she suffered the fallout for the Benghazi affair. Rice writes that she is most comfortable in the "policy-focused, behind-the-scenes roles" but was thrust into the limelight as a major player in Benghazi.
NPR called her memoir "candid" and said that she told her personal story with honesty.{{Cite web| title = In 'Tough Love,' Former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice Aims To Reclaim Her Voice|first=Caitlyn |last=Kim| work = NPR |access-date=June 20, 2020|date=October 8, 2019| url = https://www.npr.org/2019/10/08/766842348/in-tough-love-former-u-n-ambassador-susan-rice-aims-to-reclaim-her-voice}}
Publishers Weekly called the book a "stellar debut memoir" of Rice's "public service career".{{Cite web| series = Nonfiction Book Review |title=Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting| work = Publishers Weekly|date=October 2019| access-date = June 20, 2020| url =https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-5011-8997-5}}
Publication
{{bulleted list |Hard cover – {{isbn|9781501189975}}|Paperback – {{isbn|9781501189982}}|eBook – {{isbn|9781501189999}}|Audiobook (unabridged) – {{isbn|9781508296997}}}}
References
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External links
- Publisher website: {{Cite web|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Tough-Love/Susan-Rice/9781501189975|title=Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For|website=Simon & Schuster}}
- {{cite book |title=Confronting Poverty |url=https://www.brookings.edu/book/confronting-poverty/ |publisher=Brookings Institution Press|editor-first1=Susan |editor-last1=Rice |editor-first2=Corinne |editor-last2=Graff |editor-first3=Carlos |editor-last3=Pascual |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=June 20, 2020}}
Category:2019 non-fiction books