The Truths We Hold, Kamala Harris
The Truths We Hold, Kamala Harris
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The Truths We Hold
An American Journey

Bestseller

Author: Kamala Harris

Narrator: Kamala Harris

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 01/08/2019


Synopsis

The #1 New York Times bestseller

From Vice President Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders, comes a book about the core truths that unite us and how best to act upon them. 

"A life story that genuinely entrances." —Los Angeles Times

“An engaging read that provides insights into the influences of [Harris’s] life...Revealing and even endearing.” —San Francisco Chronicle

The daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists, Vice President Kamala Harris was raised in an Oakland, California, community that cared deeply about social justice. As she rose to prominence as one of the political leaders of our time, her experiences would become her guiding light as she grappled with an array of complex issues and learned to bring a voice to the voiceless. 

In The Truths We Hold, she reckons with the big challenges we face together. Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values as we confront the great work of our day.

About The Author

Kamala D. Harris is the vice president of the United States of America. She began her career in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, then was elected district attorney of San Francisco. As California's attorney general, Harris prosecuted transnational gangs, big banks, big oil, and for-profit colleges, and fought against attacks on the Affordable Care Act. She also fought to reduce elementary school truancy, pioneered the nation's first open data initiative to expose racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and implemented implicit bias training for police officers. The second Black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate and the first female, first Black, and first Indian-American vice president, Harris has worked to reform our criminal justice system, raise the minimum wage, make higher education tuition-free for the majority of Americans, and protect the legal rights of refugees and immigrants.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Beta on 2022-04-10 17:00:43

It is so sad when you hear democrats saying we have a systemically racist while in realty the democrat states are the one with higher crimes and lock up their one people. That mean democrats are the racist one because if we have a systemically racist we not have a Black President or black VP!

Goodreads review by Dr. Appu on January 20, 2021

Summary (01-20-2021) Congratulations, Kamala Harris, for becoming the 49th Vice President of the USA. Kamala Harris is an American politician and attorney who is the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to become the USA's vice president. What did I learn from this......more

Goodreads review by Justin on September 24, 2024

If you're an undecided voter hesitant about the guy who gleefully watched TV while his cult tried to murder the Vice President, but are also not yet sold on Harris because you want more policy from her -- good news! She wrote a 300+ page book that is filled with her stance on all the hot issues, inc......more

Goodreads review by William on July 23, 2024

This is a surface-level, self-congratulatory puff piece. And that's not really a criticism. The book is just exactly what you'd expect from an ambitious politician in the middle of her political rise.  The prose can be so high level as to be void of meaning. For example: “Democracy just cannot flouri......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 11, 2020

There are many ways to have a rich childhood. Having parents who are financially well-off is only one way. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary the second definition of rich is "having high value or quality". By this definition, Kamala Harris had a rich childhood. Kamala was raised in a loving......more


Quotes

“Its most memorable moments are those personal touches: Harris’s recollections of family, friendships and, above all, of her late mother, an Indian immigrant and cancer researcher who raised Harris and her younger sister . . . instructive for anyone trying to imagine a Vice President Harris.”
Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post

"A life story that genuinely entrances." —Los Angeles Times 

“An engaging read that provides insights into the influences of Harris’s life.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“In an era when many of our current political memoirs are either looking back at the Obama years or are attempting to grapple with our current state of government unrest, it is exciting to see a highly respected and powerful woman of color and daughter of immigrants tell her own story and offer some hope for the future of our country.” Bustle