Kamala Road

A revealing biography of the first Black woman to run for vice president, it tells how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of the most influential figures in this country. There is very little that is conventional about Kamala Harris, yet her personal story also represents the best of America. The eldest daughter of a single mother, she grew up a practical cancer researcher who immigrated from India at 19 in search of a better education. She separated from her husband, a brilliant economist from Jamaica, when Kamala was just five. The Kamala Harris the public knows today is tough, smart, quick-witted, and demanding. She is a prosecutor—her terse sentences are legendary—but more guarded when it comes to sharing much about herself, even in her memoir. Fortunately, Dan Moraine, a former Los Angeles Times reporter, has been there from the beginning. In his book, "Kamala's Road," the author chronicles her career from her early days handling child molestation and homicide cases in the Alameda County District Attorney's Office to her life-changing relationship at the age of 29 with the most powerful man in the state: married Assembly Speaker Willie Brown. Moraine takes readers on a journey through Harris's years in the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, exploring her bold embrace of a little-known President Barack Obama, and her tireless efforts to secure a seat in the U.S. Senate. He also analyzes her failure as a presidential candidate and the behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to secure the vice presidency. Along the way, he paints a vivid portrait of her values ​​and priorities, the kind of people she brings into her orbit, the kinds of problems she solves best, and the missteps, risks, and bold moves she made on her way to the top.