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May 2014
On Sale: April 22, 2014
384 pages
ISBN: 1627790527
EAN: 9781627790529
Kindle: B00H0V1TXO
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Non-Fiction Memoir
An unlikely political star tells the inspiring story of the
two-decade journey that taught her how Washington really
works—and really doesn’t As a child in small-town
Oklahoma, Elizabeth Warren yearned to go to college and then
become an elementary school teacher—an ambitious goal, given
her family’s modest means. Early marriage and motherhood
seemed to put even that dream out of reach, but fifteen
years later she was a distinguished law professor with a
deep understanding of why people go bankrupt. Then came the
phone call that changed her life: could she come to
Washington DC to help advise Congress on rewriting the
bankruptcy laws? Thus began an impolite education into
the bare-knuckled, often dysfunctional ways of Washington.
She fought for better bankruptcy laws for ten years and
lost. She tried to hold the federal government accountable
during the financial crisis but became a target of the big
banks. She came up with the idea for a new agency designed
to protect consumers from predatory bankers and was denied
the opportunity to run it. Finally, at age 62, she decided
to run for elective office and won the most competitive—and
watched—Senate race in the country. In this
passionate, funny, rabble-rousing book, Warren shows why she
has chosen to fight tooth and nail for the middle class—and
why she has become a hero to all those who believe that
America’s government can and must do better for working
families.
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