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240 pages, Hardcover
First published November 7, 2017
This election...broke all the rules and destroyed all the traditions of civility—but after a firestorm what comes up first is hearty and strong. As a country we are back down to the fundamental questions: Who are we? What do we value? Can we find a way to trust again and not just seeing each other as partisan enemies? Can we remember that we have more in common as Americans than the issues that divide us?
I've worked for four decades in the trenches for the Democratic Party and its candidates. This election reminded me, however, that as much as I love my party, I love my country more...This is the memoir of a strong, but gentle, amazing person. A great experience.
... Forty years in politics gave me a contact list and a perspective that went below the surface, deep into the places where the media could not see. In that world, information is a form of currency, and we all trade it back and forth all the time