Kamala's way an American life

Morain, Dan, author.

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"There'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 single mother, a 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. The Kamala Harris the public knows is tough, smart, and demanding, and longt...

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ISBN:

9781432886936
1432886932

Edition:

Large print edition

Description:

475 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
large print

Notes:

"Thorndike Press large print basic series"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-471)

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

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3065824

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