A review by not_that_dexter
Persist by Elizabeth Warren

5.0

This is a book that is written around the 2020 primaries, but it’s not really about the 2020 primary. This book is equal parts policy proposals and why exactly we need those policies. This book is also about the way society views women in general, and explores the subtle ways that society disrespects women like the lack of childcare, to the more ‘in your face’ ways like sexual assault and how women are rarely believed and why that makes it hard for women to come forward. This is intertwined with the way women are treated once they enter politics, and helps explain why so few women are elected to office. There’s also a section about how policy has deeply hurt minority groups in this country, and while Warren is able to lay out all the issues quite well, I felt that section to be a bit weaker than the rest of the book, but in a country where so many issues can be tied back to historical and systematic racism it’s hard to talk about the issue of race in America succinctly. Overall it was a great book, and anyone who donated, volunteered, or voted for Warren should find the book more than enjoyable.