is the first book written by

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, former

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and former

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. She announced the publication of the book by surprise on April 23, 2019 on her

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account. Fernández de Kirchner stated that the book "is not autobiographical nor is it an enumeration of personal or political achievements, it is a look and a retrospective reflection to unravel some facts and chapters of recent history and how they have impacted the lives of Argentines and mine as well." Released months before the

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, the release of ''Sinceramente'' was considered by some political analysts as the first sign of the launch of Fernández de Kirchner's presidential candidacy. However, Fernández de Kirchner announced on May 18 that she will be running for

, accompanying her former Chief of the Cabinet

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as a candidate for the presidency. Although it was set to be released on April 26, the book began to be sold in

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libraries the day before and sold out almost immediately. ''Sinceramente'' has been considered "the editorial phenomenon of the year", with the sixty thousand copies of the first edition selling out in one hour. As such, the "sales phenomenon" of the day of its publication has been compared to that of Argentine

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s ''Malvinas, la trama secreta'' (1983) and ''

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'' (1984). During the first two weeks after its release and before its official presentation, ''Sinceramente'' sold 300,000 copies and collected 120 million

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Reception

Journalist Luis Majul considered that the book was not up to the standards of books written by former presidents, as it would not serve as a legacy or an ordered explanation of her ideas. Instead, it would be a disorganized selection of trivial anecdotes. He also pointed that most of the events are explained with a conspiracy theory of some sort.

Tour

The book was first presented at the

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. It was followed by events in La Matanza, La Plata, Mar del Plata and Malvinas Argentinas (Buenos Aires Province), Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, Misiones, Calafate and Rio Gallegos (Santa Cruz Province) and Rosario (Santa Fe province). The final presentation took place in the Havana's International Book Fair in

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