

Core of Conviction
My Story
Author: Michele Bachmann, Susan Ericksen
Narrator: Michele Bachmann
Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 11/23/2011
Author: Michele Bachmann, Susan Ericksen
Narrator: Michele Bachmann
Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Published: 11/23/2011
Michele Bachmann served as the representative of Minnesota’s 6th congressional district in the US House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015. She worked on the Financial Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Before entering Congress, Bachmann was a federal tax litigation attorney and then a state senator for six years. An education reformer and a cofounder of a charter school, she and her husband, Marcus, began a successful business from scratch, reared five children, and helped raise 23 foster children. They live in a suburb of the Twin Cities. To learn more, visit michelebachmann.com.Susan Ericksen is an Audie Award–winning narrator who has recorded more than 200 books. The winner of multiple Earphone Awards for both fiction and nonfiction, she is also an actress who has performed in regional theaters across the country.
I gave up on this book partway through. It's a pleasant enough read about a pleasant enough life, but in the end there's not enough conflict to the story to keep it interesting. There's no rain to show you how bright the sunshine is. After a few chapters, it falls into a rhythm of telling the next c......more
I read this book to get to know Michele Bachmann as a Presidential candidate. I really liked it. I think the title reflects very well what the book is about. It is essentially on autobiography but with an emphasis on the Michele Bachmann's core convictions and how she came about them. I really liked......more
Michele Bachmann has always impressed me as a dedicated Christian and conservative who puts principles before politics. That impression was certainly borne out in this book. She and her husband made a commitment to live out their faith in their lives and marriage. For example, as staunch pro-life ad......more
Just finished this book. I have started and stopped reading this book several times. It was a decent read, but was a Bachmann platform book for her run at the presidency. I was already well aware of Bachmann's views and her ties to the grassroots Tea Party movement. It was an interesting read in und......more
Michele Bachmann gives an interesting window into her life, her past, and her fundamental ideology. an Interesting read, that sadly feels rushed through; towards the end becoming apparent that the book was released (and probably written) to co-incide with her 2012 presidential nomination run. Regard......more