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    Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir

    Written by Wendy Davis

    Narrated by Hillary Huber

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    An inspiring memoir by one of the country's brightest new political stars and hero to women's rights supporters everywhere

    In June of 2013, Texas state senator Wendy Davis became an overnight political sensation when she singlehandedly filibustered Governor Rick Perry's sweeping anti-abortion bill. Her personal story is just as remarkable. The daughter of a single mother, Davis, at age 19, was on her way to becoming a single mother herself. She was living with her own young daughter in a trailer park while working two jobs and struggling to make ends meet. Still, she managed to attend and graduate from Texas Christian University and Harvard Law School, be elected to the Fort Worth City Council and the Texas Senate, and, in 2014, became the most serious Democrat in two decades to make a run for governor. Refreshing and forthright, Forgetting to Be Afraid is a deeply moving testament to the enduring power of the American Dream.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 9, 2014
    ISBN9780698179912
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    Forgetting to Be Afraid: A Memoir
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    Wendy Davis

    Wendy Davis, PhD is a former candidate for the Utah House of Representatives and the Chief Experience Officer for Agile Cloud Consulting. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Utah and has worked as a higher education and nonprofit technology expert for over two decades. Davis resides in Sandy, Utah with her husband, Dean.

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      This book is worth reading.I have read books by political leaders, prior to upcoming elections they are involved in. Usually each author has a different style and that is present here.Usually a full length book by a current political leader will enlighten the reader on a few things he or she has missed, as well as provide a more detailed character and personality of the author than the reader had before reading the book. This is very true with this book.John McCain's two books and Barak Obama's books are about the same style and both authors provide a good insight on their values.Hillary Clinton's recent book about her State Department years and Wendy Davis' book however represent completely different styles, with different focus on the type of content. In Mrs. Clinton's recent book you get a detailed reference on the government foreign policies she helped put in place and a few details of foreign dignitaries. Wendy Davis chose to focus on beliefs and the people and events that influenced her beliefs. These events are told chronologically as a biography and the reader can see what life experiences she had that provided her with detailed experience on some topics. She describes her school experience from kindergarten through Harvard Law School. She describes her work experiences from waitress through corporate lawyer. She covers marriages from her grandparents through her own. She describes child raising through experience, and she describes her role representing voters during the various positions she has won election to.Toward the end of the book she discusses the dilemma encountered by most elected officials,, that of desiring to do what they feel is right, what their voters want done, and what their political party desires be done. Often the three choices are not well aligned. Wendy Davis comes across in this book as John McCain does, as an independent thinker. Both try to educate the public and their respective political parties of what they feel is the best public policy Educating the public comes out in the Hillary Clinton book also but more so in Wendy Davis' book. In the end both John Cccain and Wendy Davis honor the voters who elected them, but I like that effort of trying to align the parties and voters on what policy seems best prior to the vote on the policy.I recommend this book , especially tor Texas readers. I would also probably recommend a book by or on Greg Abbott, also running for Texas governor but I'm not aware of one at the moment.