Valerie Jarrett

I found Valerie Jarrett’s journey fascinating. Read my full review here.

Interesting. I enjoyed reading about her early life. Some of the stories about working in the government were interesting, but a bit too long and detailed. I skimmed about the last quarter of the book because I had to return it to the library.

Valerie Jarrett has led a very interesting life – and written this book to tell about it. I found that I was engaged in what she was writing about, as well as how she was writing it. The book is very “readable” and interesting. I liked learning about some of the things that go on behind the scenes in various political situations. I won an ARC of this book from GoodReads.

Jarrett wrote a lot about the "vision" of the Obama team and what they accomplished and what they failed to do. The intersection of her life with the Obamas was interesting to read from her point of view, although it was pretty much the same story as told in Becoming. I feel sure they collaborated on how that would be told...call me a cynic, but good friends talk to each other, right?