Wendy Davis election-year memoir will tell her life story — her way

[TexasTowelie]

Just weeks before the general election, Wendy Davis memoir will be hitting bookshelves. Titled “Forgetting to be Afraid,” the book has a September 2014 publication date. The publisher promises “A deeply personal memoir by one of the country’s brightest political stars,” according to its web site. The book offers Davis an opportunity present her story – and to respond to disclosures about flaws in the original campaign version of her life story from teen-age mother to Harvard Law School grad.

The planned 272-page memoir is being published by Blue Rider Press, an imprint of Penguin books. The publisher is taking pre-orders on its web site, which presents the cover – a picture of Davis in white blouse and jeans and the title “Wendy Davis: Forgetting to be Afraid. A Memoir.” There is no information about a ghostwriter and it’s not clear whether the name is the final title of the book or simply a placeholder while production is underway.

Davis has become a political celebrity in Democratic quarters following last year’s 11-hour filibuster in the Texas Senate against abortion regulations. Hollywood celebrities have flocked to her fundraisers and political figures in New York and Washington have helped raise money for her uphill challenge against Republican Attorney General Greg Abbott. Abbott is the frontrunner and no Democrat has been elected governor of Texas since Ann Richards in 1990. But the Abbott campaign has stumbled, inviting rocker and gun enthusiastic Ted Nugent to join him on the campaign, igniting a firestorm of controversy on the left over Nugent’s history bragging about sexual relations with underage girls. Abbott has also been criticized for using the phrase “third world counties” in describing law enforcement interdiction of the drug trade in South Texas and found himself on the defensive when political supporters put up posters in Los Angeles last week in advance of a Davis fundraiser that depicted the Democrat as a pregnant, scantily clad Barbie doll with the phrase “Abortion Barbie.”

Political memoirs appearing before elections historically play it safe. Ann Richards produced one before she ran for governor. Rick Perry produced his own political book, emphasizing his conservative ideas about local government. And Sen. Ted Cruz, who is looking for run for president in 2016, is reportedly working on a memoir of his own to be published in advance of the elections in two years.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/05/wendy-davis-memoir.html/

[mercymechap]

1. I love Wendy

but there are too many stupid people in my home state that will probably make her election impossible. I sincerely regret that, but what can I do? You can't fix stupid.

[DhhD]

2. There are many smart people in Texas that know that they must get out and vote. Looking to

new Stars like Wendy Davis, will make voting count towards removing the scourge currently in office.