I went into this with an extreme bias, because I think Elizabeth Warren is brilliant and wonderful and the best of us. That being said, this book was still somehow better than I expected. Persist had this perfect mix of policy, her experience on the presidential campaign trail, and some new stories from her life. I really enjoyed reading A Fighting Chance, because it was full of her lived experiences that wowed me a bit. Wistfully, I was hoping for a bit more of that in future books, so I was more than pleasantly surprised when they showed up in Persist.

The book was organized in this perfect flow of memoir and policy positions, discussing the plans she's famous for, but woven together from her lived experiences and the characteristics that drive her- being a mother, a teacher, a fighter, a learner, and a woman. The narrative felt seamless and I often lost myself in it. It's been quite awhile since I savored the last of a book, hoping to make it last a little longer. The 2nd to last portion broke my heart with her candid feelings on a difficult loss. The final pages surprised me as she used them almost exclusively to praise several women around her and one in particular- using the last words of her work to lift someone up and pass the torch. If there's any advice I'll take, it's Liz's.