Hillary Clinton jokes she considered calling her memoir The Scrunchie Chronicles

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last updated 8 January 2015

Although she settled on calling her book Hard Choices, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was apparently mulling a few other titles for her book. According to an author's excerpt released today, Clinton said the Washington Post "helpfully" asked its readers for titles that, for better or worse, didn't make the cut.

"One proposed It Takes a World, a fitting sequel to It Takes a Village," she wrote. "My favorite was The Scrunchie Chronicles: 112 Countries and It's Still All about My Hair" — a nod to the public's obsession with the hair clip she wore on her globe-trotting trips.

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Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.