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Book: Of Bears and Ballots: An Alaskan Adventure in Small-Town Politics

Author: Heather Lende

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 4/5

Recommended For...: Political lovers, autobiography

Publication Date: June 30, 2020

Genre: Politics

Recommended Age: 17+ (politics, language)

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Pages: 288

Synopsis: In the same year that Donald Trump was elected president, Heather Lende was one of the thousands of women inspired to take a more active role in politics. Some of them, like Lende, had never run for office before but now felt called to serve. Lende’s entire campaign for assemblywoman in Haines, Alaska (pop. 2500) cost less than 1000 dollars. The competition was actually stiff—there were nine candidates for three open seats—but Heather prevailed.

Review: While this isn’t my normal genre to read I thought this was a really interesting read. I liked how Heather became interested in politics and I loved how we saw her journey throughout this book. The writing was really well done.

My only complaint is that the book was a bit slow in the beginning and in a few middle parts. However, the book sped up towards the end!

Verdict: Would recommend for non-fiction politics lovers.