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Pelosi de Molly Ball
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Pelosi (edição: 2020)

de Molly Ball (Autor)

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She's the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It's a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party--even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for epochal liberal accomplishments from universal access to health care to saving the US economy from collapse, from reforming Wall Street to allowing gay people to serve openly in the military. How did an Italian grandmother in four-inch heels become the greatest legislator since LBJ? Ball's nuanced, page-turning portrait takes readers inside the life and times of this historic and underappreciated figure. Based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker and deep background reporting, Ball shows Pelosi through a thoroughly modern lens to explain how this extraordinary woman has met her moment.… (mais)
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Título:Pelosi
Autores:Molly Ball (Autor)
Informação:Henry Holt and Co. (2020), Edition: Illustrated, 359 pages
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I knew from the recommendations that this was going to be an interesting book. I had not realized that I would become completely absorbed by it.

A tremendous piece of writing that doesn't fit neatly into a single category. ( )
  suzannekmoses | May 20, 2022 |
An absolutely fantastic read regarding Nancy Pelosi's politics. People in Washington DC love her or hate her but most everyone respects her for what she accomplishes in the male-dominated political space that is our nation's Capital. Interesting depiction of the wheeling and dealing that goes on behind the doors of Congress. Yes I would recommend this book -- Reviewed by bconlin ( )
  GalsGuidetotheGalaxy | Oct 15, 2021 |
A relatively straightforward biography. Nancy Pelosi is quite a remarkable woman. ( )
  gbelik | Jun 28, 2021 |
Lots of info, no refs

I am reading "Pelosi" concurrently with Richard Hofstadter's "Anti-Intellectualism in American Life" and "American Conservatism" by Andrew J. Bacevich and I am struck, dumbfounded really, by the different approach to inline documentation taken by the three authors. Molly Ball and Andrew J. Bacevich don't bother.

I'm a scientist by training and I want to know the antecedents of every statement. Hofstadter is an academic writing in an earlier era and I am thrilled to be able to see within a few lines of an opinion or reference, where it is from. Editor Sean Wilentz is to be commended.

Thus, while Molly Ball's bio of Nancy Pelosi is informative and highly readable, we are presented with opinions and asides and have no idea if they represent Ms Pelosi, Ms Ball or anyone else. Once you realize this, as I did during the discussion of Ms Pelosi's failures at focusing on human rights issues in US policy toward with China, the remainder of the book is diminished by the constant question: Who said that?

I learned a lot from the book and my respect for Ms Pelosi grew, but I can't get past this weak presentation.

I received a review copy of "Pelosi" by Molly Ball from Henry Holt through NetGalley.com. ( )
1 vote Dokfintong | Aug 8, 2020 |
She is one tough cookie. She raised 5 children and taught them to fold their own clothes and form an assembly line to make school lunches. She volunteered in Democratic organizations but did not run for Congress until her youngest was a high school senior. Her other four were all in college. When she first ran for a house seat in 1987, she was one of only 23 women in the House. When she first ran for Speaker of the House in 2007, the world really wasn’t ready for a hard-charging woman who also was a fiercely devoted mother, but I think times have finally caught up with this 80-year-old who can outmaneuver Trump. Lots of necessary details fill the pages of this book showing it wasn’t just Tony Bennett who “did it my way.” I was only vaguely aware of all the background work that goes in in politics until I read this book. I wonder how she and LBJ would have locked horns. Many of their goals were the same, but if they’d been in Congress at the same time would they have been friends or only political allies. ( )
  brangwinn | May 17, 2020 |
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She's the iconic leader who puts Donald Trump in his place, the woman with the toughness to take on a lawless president and defend American democracy. Ever since the Democrats took back the House in the 2018 midterm elections, Nancy Pelosi has led the opposition with strategic mastery and inimitable elan. It's a remarkable comeback for the veteran politician who for years was demonized by the right and taken for granted by many in her own party--even though, as speaker under President Barack Obama, she deserves much of the credit for epochal liberal accomplishments from universal access to health care to saving the US economy from collapse, from reforming Wall Street to allowing gay people to serve openly in the military. How did an Italian grandmother in four-inch heels become the greatest legislator since LBJ? Ball's nuanced, page-turning portrait takes readers inside the life and times of this historic and underappreciated figure. Based on exclusive interviews with the Speaker and deep background reporting, Ball shows Pelosi through a thoroughly modern lens to explain how this extraordinary woman has met her moment.

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