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haramis 's review for:
Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History
by Karen Blumenthal
I picked this up at the end of July having read a review of it that claimed it struck a balance between demonizing HRC and hand-waving her faults. Also it was YA and relatively short, which was approximately how much effort I wanted to put into read a book about a presidential candidate (Before you ask why I didn't read a Trump bio, I'm going to offer that I watched a couple of seasons of Celebrity Apprentice -- 3 & 4 according to Wikipedia).
Then the book sat on my nightstand until October, when I decided that if I was going to read it, I better get on with it. I learned somethings about Clinton that I didn't know, and I quickly realized that Blumenthal's main goal was to humanize her and to provide rational defense for some of her actions. My sister has always argued that Clinton's lack of transparency is a defense mechanism developed after year upon year of having to defend herself from vicious attacks, and I don't disagree with that, but it's also clear that it has hurt her.
The one thing that this book really brought home to me is that as long as Clinton continues in politics, the witch hunt will carry on, and I admit to feeling wearied by that outcome. So wearied that I'm looking forward to our first orange president? I wouldn't go that far.
Then the book sat on my nightstand until October, when I decided that if I was going to read it, I better get on with it. I learned somethings about Clinton that I didn't know, and I quickly realized that Blumenthal's main goal was to humanize her and to provide rational defense for some of her actions. My sister has always argued that Clinton's lack of transparency is a defense mechanism developed after year upon year of having to defend herself from vicious attacks, and I don't disagree with that, but it's also clear that it has hurt her.
The one thing that this book really brought home to me is that as long as Clinton continues in politics, the witch hunt will carry on, and I admit to feeling wearied by that outcome. So wearied that I'm looking forward to our first orange president? I wouldn't go that far.