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Kamala's way : an American life /

There's very little that's conventional about Kamala Harris, yet her personal story also represents the best of America. Morain introduces us to the fast-rising prosecutor, who became the first Black female attorney general in California history. He shows us that Harris is a shrewd strateg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morain, Dan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2021]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Harris, Kamala, > 1964-
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
Women legislators > United States > Biography.
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Women presidential candidates > United States > Biography.
Presidential candidates > United States > Biography.
Vice-presidents > United States > Biography.
Women lawyers > United States > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > National.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Lawyers & Judges.
Table of Contents:
  • Shyamala's daughter
  • That little girl
  • An education, apartheid, and a slaughter
  • A taste of politics
  • Setting her sights
  • Becoming a boldface
  • Severing heads. Figuratively.
  • Officer down
  • Getting "smart" on crime
  • Harris and Obama
  • The mad dash
  • Change comes to California
  • Attorney General Harris
  • The relic
  • Wedding bells
  • The damned photos
  • Mortgage meltdown
  • Phenomenal women
  • "Just a dude"
  • Woman in a hurry
  • Joe Biden gives Harris a hand
  • Picking her shots
  • Fighting the forever war
  • "Go get 'em"
  • "I intend to fight"
  • Stepping onto the national stage
  • The resistance
  • "I'm asking the questions"
  • "Yes or no"
  • Harris v. Kavanaugh
  • A death in the family
  • "For the people"
  • Timing is everything
  • Dancing in the rain.