WORLD17h ago
Barack Obama, JFK and … Josh Frydenberg: what can a memoir do for an ambitious politician?
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The Guardian Australia
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AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Former Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg is releasing a new memoir that combines personal history with reflections on political power and public life. Historical precedent suggests, however, that political memoirs often have limited impact in reviving or reshaping a politician's career.
WHY IT MATTERS
The release tests whether a high-profile political memoir can successfully reframe the public narrative for an ambitious former leader in a polarized environment.
The former treasurer’s new book will hit shelves soon, but he may learn that memoirs can be blunt instruments for political renewal. Just ask Peter CostelloFormer treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s new memoir, marketed as a coming-of-age story, family history and pandemic retrospective rolled into one, is due to hit shelves soon. Publisher HarperCollins Australia promises it will be a reflection “on what political power can and cannot achieve, on the cost of public life in an increasingly divided world...
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