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Forgetting to Be Afraid
Wendy Davis
A Memoir
Blue Rider Press
September 2014
On Sale: September 9, 2014
ISBN: 039917057X EAN: 9780399170577 Kindle: B00INIQQDQ Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Wendy Davis has had her share of tough fights. Raised by a
single mother with a ninth-grade education, Davis began
working after school at age fourteen to contribute to the
family finances. By the time she was nineteen, she was
living in a trailer park with a baby daughter and holding
down two jobs. But rather than succumb to the cycle of
poverty that threatened to overwhelm her, Davis managed to
attend community college and Texas Christian University,
graduate from Harvard Law School, and go on to serve nine
years on the Fort Worth City Council. She set her sights on
the Texas state senate—and in 2008 defeated a longtime
GOP incumbent in a race widely considered one of the biggest
recent upsets in Texas politics. But it wasn't until June 2013 that the rest of America was
acquainted with the spirited Texas state senator. Davis
became an overnight political sensation and a hero to
women's rights supporters across the country when she
single-handedly filibustered Governor Rick Perry's sweeping
bill that aimed to close all but five abortion clinics in
her state. During her historic nearly thirteen hours on the
floor of the state legislature, Davis wasn't allowed to eat,
drink, sit, use the bathroom, speak off topic, or lean
against any furniture. When it was over, President Obama
tweeted support to his millions of Twitter followers, and
Wendy Davis—with her pink sneakers—was suddenly
a household name. She is now the first Democrat to make a serious run for
governor of Texas in two decades, and her personal story is
a testament to the enduring power of the American dream and
an inspiration to countless women looking for a way out of
desperate circumstances. Told in her own refreshingly
forthright voice, Forgetting to be Afraid is the
exhilarating and deeply moving story behind one of the
nation's brightest young political stars.
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