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  • Hardcover: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Metropolitan Books; First Edition edition (April 22, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1627790527
  • ISBN-13: 978-1627790529
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.3 x 9.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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473 of 570 people found the following review helpful
Extraordinary Memoir From a Transformative Political Leader
By LAM on April 22, 2014
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Let’s get one point out right at the top: Elizabeth Warren is the best thing to happen to American politics in decades. She’s not only a sharp and indefatigable warrior for American middle class families, but she’s also a forceful, persistent and effective critic of excessive financial deregulation and big business welfare.

In addition to her other winning attributes, Elizabeth Warren is also a clear, honest and deeply entertaining writer and her new memoir “A Fighting Chance” is about as good as political memoirs come. On one level, “A Fighting Chance” is a reflection on Warren’s life: her upbringing in Oklahoma in a working class family, her education and legal training, her decades as an advocate for bankruptcy law reform, her battles both inside and outside the Obama Administration to stand up her Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and her run for the U.S. Senate in Massachusetts against a popular incumbent. On another level, Warren’s memoir is a cri de coeur arguing that the support structures and institutions that enabled Warren to succeed have been washed away by decades of wrongheaded policy choices, selfish economic priorities, and an aggressive lack of care for future generations.

In the final estimation, Elizabeth Warren accomplishes in her memoir the same thing she accomplishes so often in real life: she envisions and argues for a better, more equitable America that supports all of its families, rather than a select few. Once the reader finishes “A Fighting Chance,” it’s easy to understand what the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone meant when he said that he could use ten more progressives in the Senate -- "or one Elizabeth Warren." Before reading her memoir, I believed that Elizabeth Warren is the last, best hope our country has; after reading her memoir, I'm certain that she is.
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267 of 321 people found the following review helpful
The one-star reviewers didn't read it
By Paul K on April 26, 2014
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I got an advanced copy of this book back in January. When I see these one star diatribes I know none of these people got even 20 pages into it. This is not a sales book--Warren is not telling us why we should believe this or support this. Rather, it's more of a journal of how she got started, the luck and decisions that led her from job to job--and how she ultimately ended up in board rooms trying to convince bankers that short-term success wasn't always in their best interest. Her studies of bankruptcy and credit cards and ballooned mortgages show us that it's not just about individuals but how our economy is affected as a whole.

Of course, you can disagree with her liberal positions on a lot of things, but again, the book isn't trying to sway the reader to get on the bandwagon. If anything, she's more like a scientist: she shows evidence of patterns and statistics that show how a shrinking middle class threatens our future and how tax loop holes only serve those who don't even need them. It's written with eloquence and candor (and sometimes a bit of frustration) but for the most part it tells of how she got where she is and why she can't just ignore the laws that truly threaten lower class families. When she wrote THE TWO INCOME TRAP a decade ago she showed us that we get fooled into believing that hard work always pays off and that doing he right thing will always protect you in the end. Not so. In an economy like this one, the strong always maintain greater control and the weak stay weak--or slip even further behind.

Is she right every time?--of course not. There really ARE poor people who buck the system--just like there are very rich people who do as well.Read more ›
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207 of 250 people found the following review helpful
The best (auto)biography I've ever read
By William Springer on April 28, 2014
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I don't usually read a lot of autobiographies, but I'm a fan of Elizabeth Warren and I've heard good things about this book, so I decided to give it a try. I figured I'd start on it this weekend and finish it later in the week, but as soon as I got into it, I was hooked. The writing is very good and I found myself laughing out loud at times (such as when the author describes setting her kitchen on fire).

The first few chapters cover the author's life before she got involved in politics: how she grew up middle class until her father got sick and lost his job; how she earned a debate scholarship and went to college (despite her mother's desire that she focus on finding a husband), then dropped out of college to get married and have a baby. How she finished her college degree and then a law degree, while raising two kids. Then - in what would eventually lead her to becoming nationally known - how she ended up getting involved in bankruptcy law and research into why people declare bankruptcy. As a bankruptcy expert, she lead the (ultimately unsuccessful) fight to keep the law from being changed to enhance banking profits at the expense of those who would no longer have access to bankruptcy protection.

After her work on bankruptcy, she eventually ended up leading the COP panel, which oversaw TARP (Trouble Assets Relief Program), more commonly known as the bank bailout. The panel unfortunately had no real power - they could take testimony, but could not compel people to testify, nor could they insist on being present when Treasury (which didn't appear particularly interested in oversight) made the decisions on how to spend the $700 billion that Congress had authorized to bail out the financial system.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

An excellent book. I just hope E

An excellent book. I just hope E. Warren will run for election in the near future. More people should know about her background.

Published 15 days ago by JoeG
One Very Impressive Woman

With her straight forward way of humbly calling us and our government to get going Elizabeth Warren calls us to task! Read more

Published 17 days ago by Kindle Customer
Inspirational

A no bulls*** account of the incredible life of this inspirational woman. And, it made me laugh and rejoice. I bought copies for my kids. Highly recommended.

Published 21 days ago by Keith Irwin
Five Stars

Compelling read.

Published 24 days ago by LINDA K DAVIES
Five Stars

This book impressed me as being sincere, informative and timely. We need more of the same.

Published 27 days ago by Delores Kane
Excellent, well-written book

Excellent, well-written book. I loved reading the story of this feisty woman! It also gave me a clearer picture of the "Great Recession" and the role that big banks... Read more

Published 27 days ago by Debo
... and I have to say that I was not disappointed by her book

I heard a lot about Elizabeth Warren and many of her standpoints prior to this book and I have to say that I was not disappointed by her book.
I highly recommend.

Published 27 days ago by Eduardo A
Five Stars

Loved hearing about my senator's life before politics. She is an amazing woman!

Published 27 days ago by Patricia Gallagher
Fascinating history.

Helps us know Elizabeth Warren. Thought it might be prelude to a run for President.

Published 1 month ago by J. M. Orr
Too bad she is not running for President

Must read! Too bad she is not running for President.

Published 1 month ago by Michael Mullen

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