Pete Buttigieg Shortest Way Home

Pete buttigieg who at the age of 37 is finishing up his second term as mayor of south bend indiana is one of a huge number of democrats running for president in 2020.

Pete buttigieg shortest way home. And it s got the best love story. While washington reels with scandal shortest way home interweaves two once unthinkable success stories. Buttigieg s stirring honest and often beautiful book is a story of how the people of south bend rebuilt their rust belt city and made it a better place and it s an argument for what it means to answer a calling and why. This is part of the life story peter buttigieg tells in his beautiful new book shortest way home the best american political autobiography since barack obama s dreams from my father.

Combining candor and compassion with a brilliant understanding of how government can be more effective shortest way home demonstrates that pete buttigieg is not only a key political figure in his generation but also an appealing and even funny writer. Shortest way home is the book he wrote to introduce himself to america a recent poll ranked him third after joe biden and bernie sanders. One mayor s challenge and a model for america s future is an autobiography by pete buttigieg the mayor of south bend indiana from 2012 to 2020. Far from a conventional politician s book his work is an important entry in the american political tradition for the twenty first century.

One mayor s challenge and a model for america s future liveright is the best written of all these books by 2020 presidential candidates. It offers the most unembarrassed political hope.