Through the #1 NY Times bestselling writer of The Residence and First Women-also a New York Times bestseller-comes a poignant, news-making look at the lives of the five former presidents in the wake of their White House years, like the surprising friendships they have formed through shared perspective and empathy.

After serving the highest office of American government, five men-Jimmy Carter, the later George H. W. Bush, Expenses Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama-became users of about Group of Five: The Presidents Golf club in age Trump the world’s most special fraternity. In Group of Five, Kate Andersen Brower will go beyond the Light House to discover what, exactly, comes after the presidency, offering a glimpse into the complicated relationships of these five former presidents, and exactly how each one of these males views his place in a nation that has been upended by the Oval Office’s current, norm-breaking occupant, President Donald Trump.

With an empathetic yet critical eye and firsthand testimony from your Carters, Donald Trump, and the very best aides, friends, and family of the five former presidents, Team of Five takes us inside the exclusive world of these powerful men and their families, including the unlikely friendship between George W. Bush and Michelle Obama, the last private visits Bill Clinton and Barack Obama shared with George H. W. Bush, as well as the Obamas’ trip to Hand Springs after Donald Trump’s inauguration. This insightful, illuminating reserve overflows with anecdotes about how exactly the ex-presidents are working to combat Leader Trump’s efforts to undo the accomplishments and effort accomplished during their own terms.

Perhaps most poignantly, Team of Five sheds light in the inherent loneliness and inevitable feelings of powerlessness and frustration that come with no more being the main person in the world, but a leader with only symbolic power. You can find ways, though, that these men, and their wives, have grown to be powerful politics and cultural forces in American existence, even while so-called “formers.”