Betsy Reed

This is certainly not a book for fans of Sarah Palin, beauty queen of Wasilla and ex-politician gone rogue (ha!) - at least, not the fans who blindly follow her politics and believe she is God's gift to the modern world. It certainly won't change any of those kinds of minds. But for the anti-Palin readers - as well as anyone curious of Palin's legacy - Going Rouge may be the collection of essays and articles they've been looking for. Examining her as a public figure and a person, the book throughly goes over many of the issues that come up when discussing Palinmania: Palin's lack of experience; the Bristol issue; Palin and feminism; the view of Russia from Alaska; etc. Thoroughly comprehensive, totally relevant to the current political atmosphere of Tea Parties and revolutionary spirit, this is - and I don't say this lightly - a very important book if you really want to understand how the introduction of Sarah Palin onto the world stage in 2008 changed everything.… (meer)