{"product_id":"kamalas-way-an-american-life-9781982175771","title":"Kamala's Way: An American Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory biography of the first Black woman elected Vice President of the United States--and in a history-making turn of events the Democrats' 2024 Presidential\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003enominee--charting how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this country's most effective power players.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, a no-nonsense cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Kamala Harris the public knows today is tough, smart, quick-witted, and demanding. She's a prosecutor--her one-liners are legendary--but she's more reticent when it comes to sharing much about herself, even in her memoirs. Fortunately, former \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Dan Morain has been there from the start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eKamala's Way\u003c\/i\u003e, he \"offers an essential roadmap\" (\u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e) to her career from its beginnings handling child molestation cases and homicides for the Alameda County District Attorney's office and her relationship as a twenty-nine-year-old with the most powerful man in the state: married Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, a relationship that would prove life-changing. Morain takes readers through Harris's years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, explores her audacious embrace of the little-known Barack Obama, and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US Senate. He analyzes her failure as a presidential candidate and the behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President spot. Along the way, he paints a \"revealing portrait\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) of her values and priorities, the sorts of problems she's good at solving, and the missteps, risks, and bold moves she's made on her way to the top. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKamala's Way\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for all Americans curious about the woman standing by Joe Biden's side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan Morain has covered California policy, politics, and justice-related issues for more than four decades, including twenty-seven years at the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e and eight at \u003ci\u003eThe Sacramento Bee\u003c\/i\u003e, where he was editorial page editor.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50896785604882,"sku":"9781982175771","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0dace86a-97c6-4851-9216-3e17ef3c0b05.jpg?v=1738299779","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/kamalas-way-an-american-life-9781982175771","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}