Grounded, Jon Tester
Grounded, Jon Tester
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Grounded
A Senator’s Lessons on Winning Back Rural America

Author: Jon Tester

Narrator: Jon Tester

Unabridged: 12 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 09/15/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

An inspiring and eye-opening memoir showing how Democrats can reconnect with rural and red-state voters, from Montana’s three-term democratic senator.Senator Jon Tester is a rare voice in Congress. He is the only United States senator who manages a full-time job outside of the Senate—as a farmer. But what has really come to distinguish Tester in the Senate is his commitment to accountability, his ability to stand up to Donald Trump, and his success in, time and again, winning red state voters back to the Democratic Party.In Grounded, Tester shares his early life, his rise in the Democratic party, his vision for helping rural America, and his strategies for reaching red state voters. Leaning deeply into lessons on the value of authenticity and hard work that he learned growing up on his family’s 1,800-acre farm near the small town of Big Sandy, Montana—the same farm he continues to work today with his wife, Sharla—Tester has made his political career a testament to crossing the divides of class and geography. The media and Democrats too often discount rural people as Trump supporters; Tester knows better. His voice is vital to the public discourse as we seek to understand the issues that are important to rural and working-class America in not just the 2020 election but also for years to come. A heartfelt and inspiring memoir from a courageous voice, Grounded shows us that the biggest threat to our democracy isn’t a president who has no moral compass. It’s politicians who don’t understand the value of accountability and hard work. Tester demonstrates that if American democracy is to survive, we must put our trust in the values that keep us grounded.Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

About Jon Tester

Jon?Tester is a third-generation farmer and a US senator representing Montana. He and his wife Sharla operate the same farm near Big Sandy, Montana, homesteaded by Tester’s maternal grand­parents more than a century ago. Elected to the US Senate in 2006, Tester serves on the Appropriations, Commerce, Indian Affairs, and Banking committees. He is also the ranking member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

I wrote the following review for the Missoulian newspaper: On the sweltering Monday evening of August 29, 2005, I was part of a crowd of several thousand other people assembled to see the band Pearl Jam play the Adams Center at the University of Montana. As my friends and I waited just outside the fr......more

Goodreads review by Ramona

I'm a Montanan who has voted for Jon Tester more than once. I've always liked him and felt he genuinely cares about people. I didn't know much about him personally though, which is why I was so eager too read his memoir. This is a casual, honest account of his life both in and out of politics. I lov......more

Wow! Highly Recommend For Everyone! Not since Michelle Obama's "Becoming", have I enjoyed another book as Jon Tester's "Grounded." We have to make America great again by ridding of Trump and his enablers and bring back trust, integrity, equality, decency and transparency back to this great nation of......more