Christina's Reviews > Pelosi

I am a tough crowd for this book. I’m a constituent of Nancy Pelosi’s, and have worked with her as a political organizer and a volunteer. So I know firsthand how amazing she is. This book lived up to my high expectations. It chronicles her amazing life from childhood to the present, and explains how trailblazing she was to be elected when women had very few such opportunities, even in liberal San Francisco. I learned so much about her life and work through this book - from her childhood to her first appointment in SF, to the 70s, the Clinton and Obama years, and finally the Trump era. This book is favorable but very fair, and reminds us of all the significant events in America’s recent political history that were all orchestrated by Speaker Pelosi. It’s a very strong addition to your political bookshelf and is a great, compulsively readable account of her character, idealism and accomplishments. I plan to by a hard copy of this book for my shelf.

Thanks to NetGalley, Henry Holt & Co. and Molly Ball for the preview of this excellent book in exchange for my honest review.