Kamala's Way

An American Life

By: Dan Morain

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

A revelatory biography of the first Black woman to stand for Vice President, charting how the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this country’s most effective power players.

There’s very little that’s conventional about Kamala Harris, and yet her personal story also represents the best of America. She grew up the eldest daughter of a single mother, a no-nonsense cancer researcher who emigrated from India at the age of nineteen in search of a better education. She and her husband, an accomplished economist from Jamaica, split up when Kamala was only five.

The Kamala Harris the public knows today is tough, smart, quick-witted, and demanding. She’s a prosecutor - her one-liners are legendary - but she’s more reticent when it comes to sharing much about herself, even in her memoirs. Fortunately, former Los Angeles Times reporter Dan Morain has been there from the start.

In Kamala’s Way, he charts her career from its beginnings handling child molestation cases and homicides for the Alameda County District Attorney’s office and her relationship as a 29-year-old with the most powerful man in the state: married Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, a relationship that would prove life-changing. Morain takes listeners through Harris’s years in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, explores her audacious embrace of the little-known Barack Obama, and shows the sharp elbows she deployed to make it to the US Senate. He analyzes her failure as a presidential candidate and the behind-the-scenes campaign she waged to land the Vice President spot. Along the way, he paints a vivid picture of her values and priorities, the kind of people she brings into her orbit, the sorts of problems she’s good at solving, and the missteps, risks, and bold moves she’s made on her way to the top.

Kamala’s Way is essential listening for all Americans curious about the woman standing by Joe Biden’s side.

©2021 Dan Morain. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Critic reviews

"Anyone who watched the inauguration already knows the outline of Kamala Harris's life story. A former California senator, she's the first person of Afro-Caribbean and East Indian descent to be elected to the office of vice president. This audiobook seeks to fill in some of the details. Soneela Nankani offers an even narration. Her tone suits the material, and her pace is good, making the material easy to follow...listeners will come away with a deeper understanding of this groundbreaking political figure." (AudioFile Magazine)

A must read & listen

I haven't finished the audiobook yet, but will soon. I couldn't wait to write a positive review on my behalf and say to anyone and everyone out there with wonder to go ahead and buy the hardcover book and buy this audible narration of the text. It is very well written by Dan Morain and excellent narration by Soneela Nankani. No matter which way politics partakes, I'm making my way to completing this read and listen. I encourage the rest of readers and listeners to make their way as well.

I’m glad I read it. Very interesting life.

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