Going Rogue: Sarah Palin: Amazon.com: Books From Booklist No good deed goes unpunished. Just ask Steve Schmidt, John McCain’s campaign manager and the guy who pushed Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate. Now, in Palin’s much-hyped book, he’s just a fat, smoking bullet-head who told her to “stick to the script.” The feeling running through Going Rogue is that Palin has been bursting to take a whack at those she believes didn’t do right by her during the campaign. (Katie Couric, we’re looking at you!) Before readers get to that, however, there’s personal biography. We’re introduced to Sarah the reader—loved to read—the basketball player, hunter, wife, mother. Then lots and lots of Alaska politics, which will probably be a little hard even for people from Alaska to plow through. (Scores are settled here, too.) Once Palin gets into the 2008 campaign, the tone is folksy, but the knives are out. Much has been made of her criticisms of Schmidt and another McCain staffer, Nicolle Wallace. But less has been said about Palin’s comments about Barack Obama.

For instance, she notes that when she and husband Todd first heard Obama speak, they saw the wow factor but worried that his “smooth” talk would hide his radical ideas. She also implies that Obama wanted to shield only his own children from the press, though, in fact, in September 2008, he told CNN that Palin’s children must be off limits as well. Ronald Reagan’s name is mentioned by page 3 and invoked regularly throughout. There’s no doubt Palin sees herself as heir to his legacy. But many readers will see the Sarah Palin revealed in these pages as much closer to George Bush, someone you’d like to have a beer with. Or perhaps dinner: “I always remind people from outside our state that there’s plenty of room for all Alaska’s animals—right next to the mashed potatoes.” --Ilene Cooper --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Read more Review Truly one of the most substantive policy books I’ve ever read (Rush Limbaugh) --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Books | Best tell-all political memoirs | Seattle Times Newspaper Lit Life Best tell-all political memoirs Al Gore ("Our Choice") and Sarah Palin ("Going Rogue") are both on book tours.

What are some of the best political memoirs of the past? Seattle Times book editor Mary Ann Gwinn consults local political-science and history professors to find out. Books RSS feed Lit life | This is a red-letter week for friends and enemies of Sarah Palin, Republican former vice-presidential candidate and newly minted author. With the help of a ghostwriter, Palin is publishing a memoir, "Going Rogue: An American Life," on Tuesday. Late last week, thanks to pre-orders, "Going Rogue" was No. 1 on Amazon's best-seller list. Palin's fans will read this book for inspiration; her enemies will read it for strategy tips. Coincidentally, an actual former vice president, Al Gore, is in town Tuesday to discuss his book, "Our Choice." Gore will speak at Town Hall Seattle at a sold-out appearance. This got me thinking: Why do politicians write books? And: What makes a good political memoir? I went to a couple of local experts to find out. Richard Young, a professor of political science at Seattle University, says some of the best political books come from people who work for politicians. Case in point: the flood of books by/about people who have worked for former President George W.

Bush. For an administration loath to disclose much to the press, these former members of same, mostly dedicated public servants who made key decisions and kept good records, now can't shut up, to the delight of presidential scholars. "When you have 20 people all saying the same thing, you begin to get a clear picture of what was going on," says Young. One of the best books: "The Price of Loyalty," a chronicle of former Bush treasury secretary Paul O'Neill's two years in the Bush administration, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind. As for the "why write a book?" question, Palin clearly hopes "to cash in on her notoriety," Young says. "Her story is amazing; a year and a half ago she was just an obscure Alaska politician. She's going to make money; at the same time, she's going to be justifying her past actions and framing her visions." William Woodward, a history professor at Seattle Pacific University, says that politicians with no further ax to grind can write splendid memoirs, such as: The diaries of John Quincy Adams: From his 20s as a diplomat through his presidency to his death at age 81, Adams rose at 4 a.m.

every morning, read his Bible, then wrote in his diary for an hour. He committed his "vitriolic thoughts on everybody he had to work with on both sides of the Atlantic," Woodward says. "He wasn't writing notes, he was writing for future readers." Henry Stimson's memoir: Stimson, secretary of war under both the Taft and Franklin Roosevelt administrations, was a "modest man" who thought he was "a servant of the people." Stinson dictated his memoir, "On Active Service in Peace and War," to a young Harvard scholar, McGeorge Bundy, who would eventually serve as President John Kennedy's national-security adviser. Ulysses S. Grant's memoir: Grant wrote "The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant" knowing he was dying of cancer. He had no estate — his goal was "to save his family ... the royalties were the only legacy to his family that he had." He died five days after finishing the manuscript. Mary Ann Gwinn: 206-464-2357 or mgwinn@seattletimes.com .

Mary Ann Gwinn appears on Classical KING-FM's Arts Channel at 4216533.php Learn and talk about Going Rogue, 2009 books, American autobiographies, American political books, Books about Sarah Palin Writing process[ edit ] The book deal was announced in May 2009 when Palin was still Governor of Alaska . She said that she wanted the public to hear her true story, "unrestrained and unfiltered". [3] She reportedly received an advance of $1.25 million [4] from publisher Harper Collins , with two projected additional payouts of between $2.5 million and $5 million each. [5] Palin announced that although she would have a ghostwriter to help, she would be doing a lot of the writing herself, employing her journalism skills and the personal diaries and notes that she had kept throughout her life. [3] Critics questioned whether Palin could write a book. [6] Responding to concerns that writing and promoting the book would interfere with her duties as governor, Palin said she would only work on the book after hours and would promote the book "schedule permitting".

[3] The Alaska law department issued a legal opinion which okayed the project, stating: "A book publication project is compatible with your position as governor so long as it does not interfere with your official duties." [3] Conservative journalist and author Lynn Vincent worked on the book with Palin for several weeks shortly after she resigned the governorship in the summer of 2009. Palin met with HarperCollins editors for intensive editing sessions in New York City. HarperCollins publisher Jonathan Burnham said that Palin had been "unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage", adding that the book was "her words, her life ... in full and fascinating detail." [7] HarperCollins had planned publication for spring 2010, but later moved the date to November 17, 2009, as the book was completed earlier than expected. [7] The publisher attributed completion of the memoir early to Palin's devoting full-time to the writing process after she left office. [8] A paperback version of the book, with new material, released on August 24, 2010.

[9] Summary and themes[ edit ] The first part of the book is devoted to Palin's life before the 2008 campaign; the second part details her life as a candidate for national office. [10] The book is written in a personal tone similar to Palin's manner of speaking. Palin discusses the disagreements she had with campaign advisers of her running mate John McCain , criticizes the national media, and talks about the importance of religion and family life. [11] The "Going Rogue" part of the title refers to criticism leveled at Palin by McCain campaign advisers that she was straying from their carefully crafted message [10] and publicly disagreeing with McCain on several issues. [12] The subtitle, "An American Life", mirrors the title of President Ronald Reagan 's 1990 autobiography . [13] Commercial and critical reception[ edit ] The book was available for pre-order between $9 and $10 during a price war among online retailers Amazon , Target .com, and Walmart .com.

[14] Dan Calabrese, writing in the North Star National, called the sales "an absolutely unprecedented performance for a non-fiction book so far in advance of its release date." [15] Less than two weeks after its release, sales of the book exceeded the one million mark, putting it in a class with memoirs by Bill Clinton , Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama . [2] [16] [17] The print run was extended to 2.8 million copies from 1.5 million. [2] Going Rogue attained sales of over 2.7 million by December 1, 2009, [18] and was number one on The New York Times Best Seller list for six consecutive weeks. [19] As of January 21, 2010, it was #4 on the New York Times best seller list after 9 weeks in the Top 10. [20] According to campaign records, late in 2009, Palin used $63,000 of donations from SarahPAC, her political action committee , to purchase copies of her book, Going Rogue.

The expenditures were listed as, "books for fundraising donor fulfillment." Meghan Stapleton, Palin's spokeswoman, stated the purchased books were autographed and awarded to donors contributing more than $100 to Palin's PAC. [21] Analysis and reactions[ edit ] A team of eleven reporters for the Associated Press challenged some of Palin's statements as factually incorrect, such as her assertions that she traveled frugally, avoided large campaign donors, was against the Wall Street bailouts of 2008 , and entered politics for purely altruistic reasons. Their analysis concluded by speculating that the book was "a pre-campaign manifesto". [22] According to Fox News , an AP spokesman "confirmed 11 people worked on the story . . . but refused to say if similar number of journalists were assigned to review other political books, or if Palin has been treated differently." [23] Fox also reported "The (AP) organization did not review for accuracy recent books by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy , then-Sen.

Joe Biden , either book by Barack Obama released before he was president or autobiographies by Bill or Hillary Clinton ." [23] Conservative talk show host John Ziegler objected to the AP piece, saying that the AP is extremely biased and "badly missing the most important points of Sarah Palin's book". [24] The Huffington Post had an article titled "The First Ten Lies from Going Rogue," including the failure to credit ghostwriter Vincent on the cover, Palin's statement about legal bills she incurred relating to ethics complaints, without disclosing that most of the bills resulted from complaints she filed as a tactic in connection with Troopergate ; and her assertion that she had to pay $50,000 in fees to be vetted by the McCain campaign.

[25] Palin replied: "as is expected, the AP and a number of subsequent media outlets are erroneously reporting the contents of the book." [26] Former McCain campaign aides "hit back", according to Politico , "calling the former vice presidential nominee's soon-to-be released book 'revisionist and self serving' 'fiction'." [27] A representative for Katie Couric responded to the book's assertion that Couric had badgered Palin during their infamous 2008 interview by saying, "The interview speaks for itself." [28] The book received a variety of reviews.

Positive reviews Conservative radio talk show host John Ziegler [29] praised Going Rogue as "the best book and greatest literary achievement by a political figure in my lifetime" and as showing honesty "the type of which can only come from someone incredibly courageous, grounded, and self-aware." [30] Republican radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh called the book "truly one of the more substantive policy books I've read." [31] Stanley Fish , writing for The New York Times Opinionator blog, explained that "while I wouldn’t count myself a fan in the sense of being a supporter, I found [the book] compelling and very well done." [32] Mixed reviews The Wall Street Journal 's Melanie Kirkpatrick described the book as "more a personal memoir than a political one," which demonstrated that Palin "is not the prejudiced, dim-witted ideologue of the popular liberal imagination." However, Kirkpatrick criticized the book as "too gentle" on the McCain campaign staffers and McCain himself, and as spending too little time discussing political issues.

[10] Critic Michiko Kakutani , writing for the New York Times , characterized Going Rogue as "part earnest autobiography, part payback hit job," noting that it was more critical of the McCain campaign than it was of Democrats . Kakutani credited the book with doing a "lively job of conveying the frontier feel of the 49th state." [33] Matthew Continetti of the Washington Post observed that Palin's book was "everything you'd expect from a politician who has no intention of leaving the national scene." [34] Entertainment Weekly gave the book a C, praising the first chapters about Palin's life as "down-to-earth and funny," while concluding that the rest of the memoir was mediocre and self-serving. [35] Negative reviews Jack Kenny for The New American criticized the book for being light on policy content: "Do I know any more about Sarah Palin’s political ambitions or core beliefs at the end of the book than I did at the beginning?

Aside from a few vague hints of something deeper, the answer is 'no'." [36] Mark Kennedy of the Associated Press said the book was "less the revealing autobiography of a straight-shooting maverick and more a lengthy campaign speech — more lipstick, less pit bull." Like other reviewers, Kennedy felt "Palin reserves most of her attacks for McCain's advisers." [37] Michael Carey of the Anchorage Daily News said "there is a big something missing from Palin's narrative: the voice of a leader." [38] The Huffington Post described the book as "one giant complaint about the conduct of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign." [39] Thomas Frank , writing for the Wall Street Journal, panned the book: "This is the memoir as prolonged, keening wail, larded with petty vindictiveness." [40] Newsweek senior editor Michael Hirsh said that "she seems to be mainly out for repudiation of her critics here, and what you see is a lot of self-involvement" and that the book would "help her with her base...I don't know if it helps at all with what she would need to actually be elected president." [41]

 Book tour[ edit ] Palin was interviewed in rapid succession by Oprah Winfrey , [42] Barbara Walters , Sean Hannity , and Bill O'Reilly , with the US News speculating that the interviews and book tour would be "strewn with land mines".

[42] [43] Palin began a three-week national book tour that focused on small and mid-size towns; [44] 11 of the states she visited were considered political battle-grounds for U.S. presidential election, 2012 . [45] Large crowds turned out to greet Palin and get their books autographed. Palin spent as long as three hours at some venues. [46] [47] ABC News characterized her bus book tour as "extraordinarily successful" but suggested she might be criticized for taking a private jet provided by the publisher for long legs of the journey. [18] In addition to the book tour, a web-based campaign directed ads for the book to people searching for Palin's name on Google . Palin also used her Facebook page (accessible to non subscribers) to promote her book. [44] Parodies[ edit ] Going Rogue has inspired a number of parodies and satirical interpretations. Roy Edroso of the Village Voice "reviewed" the book by writing fake excerpts. [48] TA Frank of The Guardian similarly parodied the contents with a faux first draft, complete with fake notes between Palin and her editors.

[49] Cartoonist Julie Sigwart and radio host Michael Stinson released a 48-page spoof Going Rouge: The Sarah Palin Rogue Coloring & Activity Book, on the same day that Palin's Going Rogue appeared on the shelves. [50] South Park featured a parody of the book called, Going Rogue on the Smurfs. [51] The website leads to a proper-name index for Going Rogue (which was published without one) [52] that features satirical trappings, such as a photo collage of several historical figures quoted in the book, and an embedded German song that translates to "Madonna in Hell." [53] The book Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare , was a collection of essays compiled by The Nation criticizing Palin. The cover image was a parody of Palin's book, and was nearly identical. This resulted in news sources, including CNN and Fox News , confusing The Nation's book with Palin's. References in popular culture[ edit ] The book and its surrounding promotion have been mentioned on late night comedy shows, including Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live! .

[54] David Letterman had a recurring segment, "Things More Enjoyable than Reading the Sarah Palin Memoir", including such things as "getting run over by a lawnmower" and "driving into a tree". [55] On December 11, 2009, William Shatner read excerpts from the book on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien followed by Palin reading excerpts from Shatner's autobiography, Up Till Now . [56] Additional works[ edit ] Palin published a second book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag, in November 2010. [57] Going Rogue - Sarah Palin - Hardcover Going Rogue Author Info About the Book Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most beloved and controversial political figures.

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This got me thinking: Why do politicians write books? And: What makes a good political memoir? I went to a couple of local experts to find out. Richard Young, a professor of political science at Seattle University, says some of the best political books come from people who work for politicians. Case in point: the flood of books by/about people who have worked for former President George W. Bush. For an administration loath to disclose much to the press, these former members of same, mostly dedicated public servants who made key decisions and kept good records, now can’t shut up, to the delight of presidential scholars. “When you have 20 people all saying the same thing, you begin to get a clear picture of what was going on,” says Young. One of the best books: “The Price of Loyalty,” a chronicle of former Bush treasury secretary Paul O’Neill’s two years in the Bush administration, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind. As for the “why write a book?” question, Palin clearly hopes “to cash in on her notoriety,” Young says. “Her story is amazing; a year and a half ago she was just an obscure Alaska politician.

She’s going to make money; at the same time, she’s going to be justifying her past actions and framing her visions.” William Woodward, a history professor at Seattle Pacific University, says that politicians with no further ax to grind can write splendid memoirs, such as: The diaries of John Quincy Adams: From his 20s as a diplomat through his presidency to his death at age 81, Adams rose at 4 a.m. every morning, read his Bible, then wrote in his diary for an hour. He committed his “vitriolic thoughts on everybody he had to work with on both sides of the Atlantic,” Woodward says. “He wasn’t writing notes, he was writing for future readers.” Henry Stimson’s memoir: Stimson, secretary of war under both the Taft and Franklin Roosevelt administrations, was a “modest man” who thought he was “a servant of the people.” Stinson dictated his memoir, “On Active Service in Peace and War,” to a young Harvard scholar, McGeorge Bundy, who would eventually serve as President John Kennedy’s national-security adviser. Ulysses S. Grant’s memoir: Grant wrote “The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S.

Grant” knowing he was dying of cancer. He had no estate — his goal was “to save his family ... the royalties were the only legacy to his family that he had.” He died five days after finishing the manuscript. Share via Is Palin's 'Going Rogue' A Good Read? : NPR Is Palin's 'Going Rogue' A Good Read? Embed Embed Is Palin's 'Going Rogue' A Good Read? Is Palin's 'Going Rogue' A Good Read? Embed Embed Email November 17, 20091:00 PM ET Just one day after its release, Sarah Palin's new memoir, Going Rogue, is already on its way to the bestseller lists. Pundits are combing the book for signs of the former vice presidential candidate's political ambitions — and prospects. NPR's Congressional correspondent Andrea Seabrook gave it a read. REBECCA ROBERTS, host: Well, it hasn't been out a day, but 2008 vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's new memoir "Going Rogue: An American Life," may be destined for the bestseller list already.

Palin's appearance on "Oprah" yesterday only heightened the buzz, and given the former Alaska governor's lightning-rod status, it's no surprise that pundits are combing through the books for clues to Palin's political ambitions, not to mention her political prospects. But what we really want to know is, is the book a good read? NPR's congressional correspondent Andrea Seabrook curled up with "Going Rogue" today. And now she joins us to give us her impressions. Thanks for joining us, Andrea. ANDREA SEABROOK: Hey, Rebecca. ROBERTS: So my guess is you have read more than your fair share of political memoirs? SEABROOK: A few. A few. ROBERTS: Yeah. So how does Palin's book stack up? SEABROOK: Well, it's interesting you should put it in that context. When you're reading a political memoir, it's always a game of expectations. None of them are going to be a great literature, because they're out there for a purpose. They're building a character in the eye of the public or, you know, they're -it's sort of almost a PR game, in some ways.

This one is not terrible. It is folksy. It starts off with really flowery and beautiful descriptions of the sort of icy countryside of Alaska, but it quickly moves into a darker place, I think. There are occasional flashes of anger. She lashes out at everything from the ACLU, to vegetarians, to the Alaska State GOP, to the McCain campaign, to the American left. So it's - it ends up being - feeling in the end like there is a lot of pent-up resentment for how she feels she was treated by political pundits and especially the media during the campaign. And she is telling her side of the story with a vengeance. ROBERTS: Well, you mentioned that adjective folksy, which was one that has been applied to her... SEABROOK: Mm-hmm. ROBERTS: ...throughout the 2008 campaign. Does that voice come through in the book, largely? Does it... SEABROOK: Yeah. ROBERTS: ...feel like her voice? SEABROOK: It does, in places. There are some really funny little anecdotes, which are the things that make you sort of keep reading.

She talks about a time when she's out field-dressing a moose, you know, that famous thing with her father. And her father is a teacher and says, here, hold these. I kind of want to - I want to take them into school to show my class later, and he hands her a couple of eyeballs that he had just cut out of this moose, or it might have been an elk or something. ROBERTS: As one does. SEABROOK: Yeah, right. And then how she was sort of like, ah, I've got limits, dad, you know? You know, there's sort of those funny moments. Even when she's sort of lashing out, she's funny, in the way that she was in the campaign. It's what makes her such a - sort of a dazzling character on the political scene, which she says things like, oh, there will always be space for all of America -all of Alaska's beautiful wildlife, right next to the mashed potatoes, you know? She's sort of doing that thing she does, making this joke and making a very clear political statement. ROBERTS: Well, dazzling, but also polarizing. We often hear...

SEABROOK: Yeah. ROBERTS: ...you sort of love her or hate her. Do you think readers will - you know, I mean, are they self-selected to already love her if they pick up the book? Or do you think... SEABROOK: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think people - you know, with a character like Sarah Palin, and including with her book, people will come to it with mostly preconceived notions. And the book is not going to do anything to convince people otherwise, except that even the people who hate her have this grudging respect for those flashes of sharp humor that she has. And those are scattered throughout the book. But mostly, people who love her are going to find a lot of justifications for how poorly her campaign went and how badly she was treated in their eyes. And people who don't like her are going to find a lot of reason to, you know, mock the writing, you know, the sort of - in some places, it's a pretty bare, American romantic story of, you know, rugged folks, hardworking, you know, it's kind of trite. It gets trite at places.

So I think you're not going to have - you're not going to change the balkanization around Sarah Palin much. ROBERTS: Do you feel like you learned anything new about her? SEABROOK: Yeah. I mean, there were places where I actually identified with her as a mother. I got a little bit more insight into that. Her - the one thing I thought was interesting, she did a pretty good job of describing something which I think is hard for most Americans in the lower 48 - or outside, as she likes to call it, outside Alaska - to understand, and that is the feeling that you can have this deep respect and love for nature and the beauty of the countryside and care for and love it, but also believe that it is there for us to use, that, you know, drilling in the Alaska wilderness does not - is not an anti-environmental stance in their eyes - in her eyes, certainly. She does a pretty good job of giving you that sense in this book. So that was interesting. ROBERTS: And do you get a sense of Alaska as a character or as a formative place in her story? SEABROOK: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

Everything - it's all about Alaska. I mean, it is the great big metaphor for her own personality, just sort of this rugged, individualistic - she talks about how uncomfortable she felt in the - those clothes that were famously bought for her by the campaign, that she - you know, there's a picture of her in an anorak that she had ducked into back to Wasilla to pick up during that campaign and how - she talks about how comfortable it was just to put her own coat back on. And there's that sense that, really, field-dressing a moose - it's not just something she says. Like, she's actually - knows how to do those things, and it's really part of her character. ROBERTS: You know... SEABROOK: It comes across in that way that she sort of makes this backstab at the rest of the Republican Party establishment, which she seems to believe has gone way beyond its roots of independent-minded, you know, people. ROBERTS: Well, you know, the rest of the country might have discovered Sarah Palin in, you know, the summer of 2008. But... SEABROOK: Mm-hmm.

ROBERTS: ...she, of course, has a whole story... (Soundbite of laughter) SEABROOK: Yeah. ROBERTS: ...that was going on a long time before the national press had anything to do with her. How much does that story - how does it fit with the last year and a half on the national stage? SEABROOK: Yeah. Well, it does bring to light this sense of her character. She talks about - she was a very big basketball player when she was in high school and in college, to some extent. And she talks about this game her senior year in high school where her team won the state championship. This little, tiny team from Wasilla, the Wasilla Warriors, I think it was called, went to the state to play-off the Anchorage squad and how - there was just no way. It was just - it was almost a "Hoosiers" story. There was no way these people are going to win, and they end up winning. And for the last game, she's got a hurt ankle and she powers through it and manages to get one point in that winning game.

And she talks about how this really defined for her the fact that you don't have to be - have the natural-born, God-given talent at what you're doing. You just have to want it more than anybody else. Again, it's a little bit trite, but it also informs the fact that she has an unstoppable personality and she will literally power through anything that she gets her mind on doing. And I think she - one interesting thing, she never gives any smidgen of self-doubt in this book, anywhere. There isn't the deep, philosophical churning about how she believes this or that. It's completely sure of itself. She is completely sure of herself in this book, and I think that gives you a sense of the kind of political character she'll be. ROBERTS: The book is called "Going Rogue: An American Life" by Sarah Palin. Our review comes from Andrea Seabrook, NPR's congressional correspondent. Thanks so much, Andrea. SEABROOK: My pleasure. ROBERTS: Andrea joined us today from her home in Cheverly, Maryland. You're listening to TALK OF THE NATION from NPR News. Copyright © 2009 NPR. All rights reserved.

Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc. , an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Accuracy and availability may vary. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. Going Rogue : An American Life by Sarah Palin (2009, CD, Abridged) | eBay Going Rogue : An American Life by Sarah Palin (2009, CD, Abridged) 3.2average based on 25 product ratings 5 Sold by 71johnnyg Est. delivery by Feb 8 Sold by lirocky See details for delivery est. All listings for this product Any Condition Synopsis Synopsis From her humble beginnings to her time in the spotlight as the first femaile Republican Vice President candidate, Sarah Palin has led an extraordinary life. Going Rogue will recount her political experiences, her time as mayor of Wasilla and as the first female governor of Alaska, as well as her rapid rise on the national stage during the 2008 campaign.

Additionally, she'll share insights into the personal challenges shes faced including balancing her time as a working mother, recgonizing the war's impact with her son serving combat in Iraq, having a child with a disability and supporting her teenage daughter through an unplanned pregnancy.,One year ago, Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage like a comet. Yet even now, few Americans know who this remarkable woman really is.As chief executive of America's largest state, Sarah Palin had built a record as a reformer who pushed through changes other politicians only talked about: Energy independence. Ethics reform. And the biggest private sector energy infrastructure project in U.S. history. While revitalizing public school funding and ensuring the state met its responsibilities to seniors and Alaska Native populations, Palin also brought Big Oil to heel.She was a Main Street American woman: a working mom, wife of a blue collar union man, and mother of five children. But as the presidential campaign unfolded, Palin became a lightning rod for both praise and criticism.

And few knew the real Sarah Palin.In this eagerly anticipated memoir, Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska; meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics; the importance of faith and family; and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother. She also opens up for the first time about the 2008 presidential race, providing a rare, mom's-eye view of high-stakes national politics-from patriots dedicated to Country First to slick politicos bent on winning at any cost.Going Rogue traces one ordinary citizen's extraordinary journey, and imparts Palin's vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth Product Identifiers by rangerjoe51 Feb 15, 2015 pleasantly surprised! well now NEVER CARED MUCH FOR SARAH PALIN....this audio book changed my mind.. some of the things we heard about her are just downright not true.. she is a working mother as are most of us.. and, just as most of us finding our way... we are all different but somehow the same.. I enjoyed how she did not put up with the good ole boys, also how family came first for her.

To be the mother of a special needs child is not easy but, oh so rewarding. these children have more love than we can absorb in one lifetime..Sarah has the advantage of not having to watch the budget as closely as most of us and this is a plus... but for me personally I wish her well and as for me I would stay as far away from the DC beltway as possible go enjoy your family Sarah and many blessings!! by michelangelo147... Sep 29, 2010 Can't Imagine a Worse CD to Buy or Listen To I've reviewed many media items in my time on eBay (and elsewhere); but, none compare to this one: it stands alone as the single worst of them all. The author(s) upon whose book the CD is based don't have a single new idea to promote that hasn't already been over-aired throughout the media. There comes a point of overload when listeners and viewers of media get sick and tired of hearing the same old whining and self-defensive scapegoating. I've reached mny maxed out point, by now.

Thus, there's no way I recommend listening to, reading, buying or borrowing anything that has already been as over done throughout the mass media as Sarah Palin has insisted upon. It seems to me that she'd do well to quietly slip back to Alaska and take care of the abundance of personal problems she's made to become political. Of course, in the states, the personal is political. That is apparently not a fact that Sarah Palin is well aware enough of. Airing her dirty personal laundry in writing and on CD proves to be a critical personal and political mistake. I concur with the other reviewers who have made briefer but similar comments here~ Read full review by macafeez Nov 23, 2009 Palin's Other Side the Middle Seldom has the normally boring genre of Biography seemed to ignite a firestorm on both sides of the Liberal and Conservative fence. On Nov. 17th the much anticipated Sarah Palin's autobiography (penned with help) was released. It's almost impossible to conceive that all of the Palin news has occured within the short space of one year. Palin was demonized continually by those who saw her as a female Dan Quayle.

This book largely was written to do two things: - help pay for her $2 million lawyer fees from having to defend 15 seperate gubernatorial violations, all of which, quietly, have vindicated her. She explains in the book that she doesn't feel too guilty about leaving her governor's position since she was forced, in her personal life, to have to defend herself from frivalous lawsuits. In any case, this book should raise more than enough to settle the score financially. - The right to answer her critics. In her eyes, she was held back from politically answering several misspeaks, concession speechs at the end, responding to internal conflicts with McCain, and even being able to finally address the slanderous blogging (i.e. the daughter's baby REALLY being Palin's, which has to be the Democrats equivalent of believing in the Obama Birther theory.) She talks about her heart was torn when she heard that her daughter was pregnant, but notified the Republican Party immediately, apparently to stave off any impending scandal, which happened anyway despite all the Republican's efforts to make it sound like a normal American social problem of teen pregnancy.

Palin describes her own pregnancy, and how she even contemplated the pros and cons of succumbing to pro-choice if need be. In the end, her faith guided her decision to keep the baby, but the anguish she writes about is real, and something millions of other women have faced. Is the book a 'Complainer document' as claimed by some? The Left will say yes, and will largely read only blogs to get the gist of the book. The Right will be split down the middle on this issue. There is little doubt that she has the right to set the record straight since during most of the campaign, there were internal gag orders on not rocking the boat. So what is the No Spin synopsis of this book? It's an insiders look at how quickly and dangerously politicans can suddenly be brought to life in the national spotlight; it's about the infighting, and how to keep face even when losing; it's about family loss, it's an answer to a threat, a look at what extreme rural America lives like and how events can spiral out of control with painful personal results. There are NOT a bunch of segments of political platforms, or points of views.

Palin critics will probably say that the book is not literate enough, that there's not too many deep thoughts in it, and probably an overemphasis of emotional discussions. But that is Sarah Palin- and she represents, to many, the other Forgotten Half of the country that is NOT in a major city or has New York, Chicago or LA values. Maybe that's why she is hated so much from the networks which are ALL located in either Los Angeles or New York city. They can't relate to her, and call her phony. Well, she decribes a totally different point of view of the other side of the mirror. The Republican ROOKIE OF THE YEAR has a long way to go to get her credibility back, but I see nothing outrageous in this book that will stop that from being repaired. by Jeff Feezle Read full review by 920783507@delet... Sep 08, 2010 Based Upon a Martyring Mother's Drivel Don't waste your money or time either buying or listening to this hackneyed drivel. It's loaded with political propaganda that's meant to draw the most clueless and vulnerable women to believe Mrs. Palin.

She's not a reliable speaker or writer. Her previous and current record offers an abundance of proof of that! While Mrs. Palin whines about being used by the right wingers to pander to Republican and neo-conservative women (which didn't work, thank heavens), in the book that this CD is based upon does exactly the same type of political pandering. Of course, the political is masked by Mrs. Palin's divulgence of her personal problems. Perhaps she should clean up her own house before trying to ever enter into the political arena on the pretense that she can do the least bit of any housekeeping there. Read full review by 919832430@delet... Sep 11, 2010 Going Vagrant, Thief, Going Threat to World Peace? Exactly which type of "rogue" has Sarah Palin been? Or doesn't she even know the highly negative connotations of that word, "rogue"? It would not surprise me after over hearing the contents of this book turned CD. Was it not enough of an irritant to have to switch off any television news whenever her voice began whimpering about how she had been 'done wrong'?

Enough to skip over pages in newspapers, magazines and other written media that took some kind of vague interest in something Sarah Palin was saying or doing? Who cares? You may. I don't. Best Selling in Audiobooks TRENDING PRICE $70.90New Download Going Rogue (abridged) Audiobook | Sarah Palin " Might be useful as emergency toilet-paper. " Carrie | 12/13/2013 " gotta beat her marathon time! " Alice | 11/30/2013 " I listened to this as a book on tape in a long car trip...Sarah Palin actually did the recording! I loved hearing her insights about the campaign and esp. her Katie Couric interview. " Robert | 11/29/2013 " A engaging story from a fascinating woman. It only begins to drag when she gets into the tenants of her off-kilter world view. " Jonny | 10/24/2013 " I didn't have high hopes for this book, but I must admit: I am impressed. Her attitude about the birth of her son with Down's Syndrome makes me proud to be a Christian.

While I can't agree with her on every issue, I do admire her standing for her principles. " Chuckles | 9/27/2013 " What I learned from this book is that Palin is even dumber than I thought. And I REALLY didn't think that was possible! " David R. | 8/20/2013 " A fairly typical political memoir, and as has been the case for some decades for this genre, the writing is breathless and even mawkish. Its usefulness comes from its non-media perspective. " Rachelle | 6/13/2013 " I thought Sarah Palin was way too self-serving, & didn't really feel like an honest look at herself. " Suggesteds Reading | 4/8/2013 " Another book I found impossible to put down. Even my mom read it, and she finished it in a day! A look at the back story of Palin's 2008 VP run, from the perspective of one of the most engaging and controversial conservative public figures in American politics today.

" Lisa Wells | 12/7/2012 " I can tell its very one-sided by how candy coated it is...but its great to hear about the REST of her life, that she wasnt just born into VP Candidacy " Shelly | 7/26/2012 " I found this book fascinating. I think it's important to see what she has to say about herself, given that we have heard so much about what other people have to say about her. I have to say I have respect for her " Laurie Kingery | 5/13/2012 " I'm on the second CD " Christy Browning | 3/10/2012 " Interesting. The beginning & middle were better than the last third. By the end I felt it was nothing more than snapping back at her critics from the 2008 campaign. " Libster | 1/14/2012 " I'm not a fan of Palin but I find her fascinating. I found this book to be a fairly believable account of her side of the story.

I didn't find the whole book interesting which is why I gave it 2 stars for "ok." " Jamie Jeffers | 11/3/2011 " I enjoyed this book. It wasn't as dry as you might think, and I think she explained some of her decisions pretty well. " Barbara Sanders | 6/4/2011 " I enjoyed this book. It gave some insight into the behind the scenes working of the political process. " Cactuskid2 | 5/21/2011 " A good insight into Sarah's life. " Sarah | 5/14/2011 " I read this when it first came out. Such a great book. " Hugo | 4/25/2011 " I bought it mainly to show support at a time when she was getting hated on for being human. If you followed the presidential campaign in 07/08 this is very insightful. " Chris | 4/21/2011 " Not bad if you're interested in Sarah Palin's version of the events of what happened in the '08 campaign for president. I like her and I liked this book.

I believe she set the record straight. This book held no major revelations, however, if you already believed in her character and sincerity. " Gina | 4/19/2011 " I enjoy reading about strong, outspoken women with moxie. I want to be one when I grow up. " Margery | 4/9/2011 " Really enjoyed getting a much better understanding of who Sarah is and how growing up in Alaska makes her who she is today. "

Question: Who is the author of the 2009 political memoir "Going Rogue"?
Answer: Sarah Palin