A review by katekate_reads_
Pelosi by Molly Ball

4.0

I just finished Pelosi and it made me love Nancy Pelosi more with every chapter I read. I admired her before starting this but knew almost nothing about her personal life - I’ve really loved learning more and my mom has patiently listened to a lot of stories that start with “did you know Nancy Pelosi...”⁣

As Ball wrote in the prologue “The story of Nancy Pelosi is the story of an extraordinary person who shattered the ‘marble ceiling’ and blazed a new trail for women. It’s the story of a career that stamped American history and helped enact policies that affected millions of lives. It’s a story about politics and perception and women in public life. It’s a story that will shape American life in the Trump era and beyond. ⁣

Because, as Pelosi would proceed to demonstrate, it wasn’t Trump’s Washington. It was hers.” ⁣

And of particular interest to us as avid readers perhaps - Pelosi’s first political role was on the San Francisco Public Library Commission. Ball wrote “Pelosi had spent a lot of time at the library with her kids; she’d also seen the institution through a political lens, as a vital resource for families that, unlike hers, couldn’t afford books of their own. The library, to her, was nothing less than a pillar of democracy.”⁣

There were some parts that read a little slow for me and took me a while to get through. However I still highly recommend reading this book!

Thank you to Henry Holt and Netgalley for the free review copy.