True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
by Gretchen Whitmer
View on GoodreadsCOVID-19, a severe flood, a mass shooting at a high school near Detroit, and an FBI-foiled plot to kidnap her: those are the crises Whitmer draws her leadership lessons from as Michigan's governor. You get them in 176 openly profane, self-deprecating pages.
Core ideas
- Disclosure as argument: In 2013 she revealed she had been raped in college to fight a bill on abortion insurance riders; it passed, and she oversaw its repeal in 2023.
- Under attack: Early in the pandemic then-President Trump went after her on social media, and she writes about domestic terrorism threats against her.
- Humor as ballast: A viral potato character and her family's dark humor sit beside the crises, along with a grandmother's lesson to look for the good in people.
Published2024
Pages176
ISBN9781668072318
ReadOct 2024
