It Takes a Village

Version: Abridged
Author: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Narrator: Hillary Rodham Clinton
Genres: Non-Fiction, Marriage, Family and Pets
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: December 2006
Length: 2 hours, 48 minutes
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Overview

A splendid celebration of the tenth anniversary of the Grammy Award-winning It Takes a Village, including a new introduction read by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

A decade ago, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton chronicled her quest -- both deeply personal and, in the truest sense, public -- to help make our society into the kind of village that enables children to become smart, able, resilient adults. For more than thirty-five years, Senator Clinton has made children her passion and her cause. Her long experience has strengthened her conviction that how children develop and what they need to succeed are inextricably entwined with the society in which they live and how well it sustains and supports its families and individuals. In other words, it takes a village to raise a child.

In her new introduction, Senator Clinton reflects on how our village has changed over the last decade -- from the impact of the Internet to new research in early child development and education. She discusses issues of increasing concern -- security, the environment, the national debt -- and looks at where we have made progress and where there is still work to be done.

It Takes a Village has become a classic. As relevant as ever, this anniversary edition makes it abundantly clear that the choices we make today about how we raise our children and how we support families will determine how our nation will face the challenges of this century.

Author Details

Author Details

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Hillary Rodham Clinton was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York in 2000 and is the author of "Living History; An Invitation to the Whitehouse: At Home with History;" and "Dear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets. "