On January 20, 2001, the fate of the Philippines changed. Certainly, the destiny of one woman did.
At that time, little did Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, daughter of the late President Diosdado Macagapal, know that she would become the first-ever Filipina to become the Philippines’ chief executive for two terms—well, nearly two terms, as the circumstances behind her first term were not your usual.
In this book, this autobiography, the former President calls this moment in her life as a product of deus ex machina. It is one of two other moments in the book that she describes following this literary device. Indeed, the life of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, if studied carefully, is not your usual story.
In this autobiography, she tells it all, including details that even the best, most experienced journalist or historian in the Philippines would find interesting and maybe even intriguing.
But who better to tell the story of a figure as iconic and enigmatic as Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo than herself.