{"title":"Chrystia Freeland","description":"\u003cp\u003eChrystia Freeland’s works delve into compelling life stories, blending personal insight with broader social and political themes. Her books often explore the complexities of identity, power, and the human experience, inviting readers to reflect on the forces shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnreliable Boyfriend\u003c\/em\u003e exemplifies her skill in crafting engaging narratives that balance memoir with thoughtful analysis, making her collection a worthy choice for those drawn to biography and memoir that resonate beyond the personal.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"unreliable-boyfriend-by-chrystia-freeland-9781398558571","title":"Unreliable Boyfriend","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnreliable Boyfriend\u003c\/em\u003e is a book that only Chrystia Freeland could write—about a globe-trotting journalist who covered oligarchs and then became a political leader; what she learned about power, international relations, and global trade from her years in government; and how the United States can be seen in revelatory ways through the eyes of a Canadian who had to deal with American chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUnreliable Boyfriend\u003c\/em\u003e is a different kind of political memoir: a candid, deeply personal account of power, politics, and globalisation from an unlikely insider—a 5-foot-1 journalist turned Deputy Prime Minister who now turns her reportorial eye on her own life, her battles with authoritarians and plutocrats, and the fragile future of liberal democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore rising to the heights of Canadian politics, Chrystia Freeland was one of the first Western reporters to chronicle the rise of the Russian oligarchs in the 1990s. She spent decades reporting from Moscow, Kyiv, Washington, Beijing, and beyond, exposing how global elites and authoritarian regimes exploited economic upheaval while hollowing out the lives of ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen she crossed into politics herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInside Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, Freeland became one of the world’s most influential negotiators, helping broker trade agreements that united labour activists and business leaders, nationalists and globalists. At a moment of rising tariffs, economic anxiety, and democratic instability, she offers a rare insider account of how deals are really made—and how coalitions fracture when governments fail to deliver for working people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePart political thriller, part memoir, \u003cem\u003eUnreliable Boyfriend\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a globe-trotting journalist who brought the lessons she learned covering dissidents and oligarchs into the halls of power—only to encounter a new generation of plutocrats, this time in the West itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFreed from the constraints of office, Freeland writes with unusual candour about leadership, ambition, compromise, and betrayal. She reveals how power operates behind closed doors, how alliances are forged and broken, and why trade, security, and democracy can no longer be separated. At a time when authoritarianism is resurging around the world, she argues that democracies must build new alliances strong enough to resist both foreign autocrats and homegrown oligarchs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Barbara Ehrenreich, Naomi Klein, and Samantha Power, Chrystia Freeland has written a searching and provocative account of life as both outsider and insider, journalist and politician, activist and policymaker—and as a Canadian who may understand America’s dangers, and possibilities, more clearly than many Americans themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48080176546028,"sku":"9781398558571","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781398558571-unreliable-boyfriend.jpg?v=1785726343"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/chrystia-freeland.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}