Kamala Harris’ timely memoir offers insight into the historic vice presidential candidate The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Kamala Harris (Penguin Books 2020) $18 (paperback); 336 pp. At first, it seems spontaneous: Parents who enjoy their interests naturally display those passions to small children who are dragged along for the ride.
The child observes and absorbs until one day, the parent’s interest becomes the child’s obsession. And that’s how a politician is made.
Supporters can almost see the trajectory in the history: Kamala Harris’ parents, both highly-educated immigrants, instilled a sense of independence in their daughter, and both remained supportive of her choices, even as they divorced.