I was intrigued by this book since the author and I are complete opposites, and I was curious to read the viewpoints of someone from "the other side of the aisle". This was such a great book!

Nancy does a great job of explaining her political and religious views and how they changed over her life, depending on events that happened to her and in the world as a whole, especially when Trump was elected.

The chapter on the adoption of her daughter came off as a "white savior" moment, but I understand that's not what she intended.

In the chapter about Bristol Palin, I completely agreed with Nancy's sentiment that Democrats can't say "believe all women" about SA, but then only believe people with their same viewpoints. I was glad to read further on that she felt supported when she wrote an article about her own SA experiences and how it affected her political beliefs.

There were certainly moments that were hard to read and viewpoints that I didn't agree with, but overall it was really interesting to read her experiences and learn about her life.

I would absolutely recommend this book to people with all political and religious beliefs. One of the quotes I highlighted that I think does a great job summarizing the book is, "Though I fiercely wanted people to be one thing and not two for simplicity's sake, people- as Walt Whitman wrote- contain multitudes. Me included."