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Going Rogue: An American Life
Going Rogue: An American Life
Going Rogue: An American Life
Audiobook (abridged)7 hours

Going Rogue: An American Life

Written by Sarah Palin

Narrated by Sarah Palin

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

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About this audiobook

Going Rogue is the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Sarah Palin, one of America’s most beloved and controversial political figures. Now with new material, Going Rogue offers plain talk from a true American original about her life, her career, and the future of the country she loves.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarperAudio
Release dateNov 24, 2009
ISBN9780061990748
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Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin is the former governor of Alaska, the youngest and first woman elected to the office; the first woman Republican vice-presidential candidate in American history; and the author of the number one New York Times bestsellers Going Rogue and America by Heart. She was named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2010, hosted TLC's Sarah Palin's Alaska, and is a Fox News contributor. The mother of five children and grandmother of two, she lives with her husband, Todd, in Wasilla, Alaska.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    This book was ghostwritten to promote Palin's political career. You already know if you'll like it or not.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Disappointing in regard to revelations of much of anything new - but the book did help me make a decision that while Sarah may have some important things to say (things that should be paid attention to by Americans and the news media without name-calling or immediate dismissal or ridicule), I most likely would not support her as a presidential candidate
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Very well written an informative. I see this as Palin's Doctrine.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Going rogue by Sarah Palin was a “unique” book. It did not hold my attention, and at times i found myself getting lost. Going Rogue is basically about Sarah Palin the Governor of the state of Alaska. The book is about everything from her miscarriage, to The moment Senator John Mccain asked her to be his running mate. The only problem, no one cares. Don't get me wrong i'm sure some super GOP member is all over this book, but there was so much information about her childhood that was irrelevant to the story line. I would not recommend this book to anyone, not even a political lover like myself.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Raised as an incubator for a satanic cult in the Ozarks, Reverend Sarah Homilee is mother to dozens of children -- all the unfortunate victims of ritual killing. Her life would change one day when she won a scholarship to Oral Roberts University as the result of a raffle drawing from a traveling faith-healer. Although the faith-healer was subsequently cannibalized by the cult, Reverend Homilee was intrigued by the scholarship because she, "...thought there were a bunch of guys named Robert who were into oral." Through wit, charm and sexual favor, Reverend Homilee would work her way from the Ozarks to the university over the span of several weeks. Once there, she would immerse herself in academia and completed both her undergraduate and graduate work for the fledgling discipline of Environmental Engineering in an astonishing nine months. Upon graduation, Reverend Homilee was heralded by Time Magazine as a "Mother Teresa for the Twenty-First Century" and vowed to dedicate her life to providing for the world's needy. Unfortunately, her philanthropic future was squelched when it would be discovered that she utilized her undergraduate internship as a telephone prayer partner with the Trinity Broadcasting Network as a forum for phone sex. Her degrees were subsequently revoked by ORU and she was forced to earn her ministerial certificate through the Nectar of Life correspondence school. Disastrously, her paperwork was confused with the school's other service, mail-order brides, and she was sold to an Alaskan entrepreneur. Tragically, Reverend Homilee has not been seen since the spring of 1998, when she wandered into the Alaskan tundra, nude, to pursue a vision of Christ. However, the native Eskimos claim she has mated with the local fauna, mothering a mutant race of man-beasts. This was dismissed as little more than neo-myth by investigating anthropologists, until they discovered the tracks of several hoofed bipeds near Nome.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I don't know why I did this to myself.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    While Sarah Palin isn't going to win any literary awards for her writing, I found this book to be interesting and engaging. The flow seemed to be off somehow as anecdotes and stories sometimes seemed to be added in to a section as an after thought or after the section was already written. She did share a lot of interesting tidbits about running for VP (as well as her other campaigns), and she did a good job of refuting things that were said about her and giving her side of the story. However, I couldn't help but wish she would have given even more details and more stories about her VP run. She did a good job of laying it all out there in her own unique style as far as the things she actually talked about but I would have liked even more straight talk and more details. Overall, however, I found it informative and entertaining.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A good insight into the mind of Sarah Palin - helped explain a lot of what happened during the last election.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    Oh god, if you're wealthy enough to have a ghost writer write your book then at least hire a decent ghost writer.This book was awful.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I enjoyed reading Sarah Palin's story in her own words. I appreciated that she admitted mistakes she had made, and I especially like that she ended the book with a call to readers to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    This seemed to be more of a memoir than an autobiography but it gives us a quick introduction to Sarah Palins' life in Alaska growing up, how she met her husband. She seems to be very open about her family and friends. You can tell by the writing style that Mrs. Palin wrote the book herself as the structure is in her conversational tone and not that of a professional biographer that many use and claim as their own writing. I found this rather refreshing. She shared with us those who had influenced her and assisted her in personal and political life. An interesting story of an American that saw a job that needed to be done and accepted the challenge.Sarah Palin shares her drive to help her community that first got her into local politics that would eventually take her into the Governor's mansion of Alaska and then the campaign trail as candidate for the Vice President of the United States on the McCain/Palin ticket. Her competitive no non-sense spirit and practical view of life is one many Americans can relate too. Her record as Mayor and Governor speak for themselves and she does write about how she was able to move through some of her policies for the benefit of the people she governed. But for a quick synopsis of her accomplishments as Governor she allows a rather forthright letter written by an Alaskan Citizen to itemize her gubernatorial accomplishments.Besides the focus on her family and her ethics what I found very interesting about this book was the behind the scenes look at the national political scene and what transpires to those even when they think they are out of the lime light. The affects on Palins' political and family life that a national election can elicit were amazing. It is not that the reader is not already aware of how the media and certain individuals are not ethical and only know how to destroy persons instead of debate policy; but we see all the affects on a person who is doing all she can to help.The false allegations that were used to attack her on the campaign trial and when it was over and she tried to return to governing the state. The unethical attacks on her in an ever mounting filing of ethic violations that would cost her more in legal fees than she had ever earned in public office to defend. And to me what makes it worse is that not one filing was a valid complaint, she was found to be free of all wrongdoing and it was she that promoted the ethics procedures. Which as we read apply in Alaska only to the executive branch with no punishment for those who file false claims.I thoroughly enjoyed reading the book and found that she was just another hard working faith-filled American. But the greater truth of the book in my opinion is it shows why good people will not run for political office. It is amazing that people like Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, are willing to go through all these unjust attacks and false allegations for the good of their constituents. It is a tribute to their strength and sense of duty even if that includes knowing when to step down.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Worth reading, if she decides to continue in politics a must read before forming an opinon of her.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    an interesting read. a good take on life in Alaska which is much more frontier than I had realized. It makes one appreciate how one woman pulled herself up by her own bootstraps to become and enormous success and a revered public figure.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Going Rogue: an American Life. Sarah Palin. 2009. This book was a disappointment. While I found the descriptions of her early life and life in Alaska interesting, the writing was pedestrian and the insights were nothing new.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I agree that this is a good read for anyone who wonders who is this woman, how she became chosen and the inside scoop on the campaign trail. It is very much her voice, with straight talk and you betcha's. She shows herself as a person of conviction, purposeful and thoughtful, regardless of ones opionion of her readiness/ competence for national office.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    I'm a big fan of reading biographies and yet I struggled through this one. Its probably the scientist in me but there are so many comments or statements that are thrown around in here without any references or sources. What bothered me the most is how she goes on about how the media misrepresented her and then uses media sources to attack her opponents. I would have expected someone who had been torn apart by the media to take what these same sources presented as "truth" with a grain of salt. If anything this book sold me on how a two party system can be limiting for true governance, how women in politics are judged according to a different standard than men and how much money political campaigns waste.
  • Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
    1/5
    I am not big on reading about other peoples lives, however there are some interesting things that handcuffed Sara during her campaign for VP. She raises good points about protocol, or this is the way we do it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I'm not much of an "autobiography" reader, but I really enjoyed this book. I think she outlined her life and work quite well. I'm a staunch conservative, but needed to see for myself what made her the person she is. I was quite impressed with the way she approached the ethics problems and energy issues in Alaska. Her stint as Alaska governor gives her much more executive experience than Obama has ever had and of course I think her values and political ideas are much stronger--and better proven historically--than BO's. For those of you who think she's just an empty-headed floozy, I'd encourage you to at least read the last two chapters. The 2nd to last outlines her political ideas and values, while the last is an email from a native Alaskan who very succinctly outlined her accomplishments as governor.And for those of you who say it was ghost written, just consider this: She WAS a journalism major in college, so it's not like the woman can't write.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    This was a good read. It started a little slow, beginning in her early childhood. Once she gets on a town council, then it gets interesting. When the last presidential campaigns were going on, and she entered the stage, it was a moment to remember. Ever after that, I wondered, what happened to the Sarah Palin from that first time when she accepted to run as VP? When you get to the sections regarding the 2008 campaign, you will see. There are also a lot of responses to what I consider an unbelievable amount of garbage being thrown at Sarah, and even worst, her family, kids, grandkids.I believe this is where a lot of sympathy comes from for Sarah Palin. She doesn't seem to complain about it. But we all see it. Really now, didn't Pres. Obama have his kids out there? Didn't McCain? What about Joe Biden? But I don't recall the press going after these others kids. It's really inexcusable, imo. I could see this book irritating both die hard Republicans and Democrats. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I recommend this book for those on both sides of the US political fence as well as international readers interested in the working of US politics. While I felt the book was both honest and informative, I must say from a literary standpoint, it began a bit slowly. (Much like looking thru somebody else's high school yearbook or baby album, reminiscing about childhood memories is usually only interesting to spectators for a short while if they weren't there.) However, once the accounts of city council/mayoral/governor and presidential politics begins, it gains traction and is a much better read. (I'd like to add a personal reminder to my fellow LT reviewers, we're here to rate books, not politicians. If you'd like to express your political views, it would be more appropriate to use the talk/discussion areas of this site, rather than the review section.)
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    As this book abundantly shows, Palin continues an oft-repeated American story: The authentic leader rejected as country bumpkin by entrenched gatekeepers of a prevailing social-political order. Her story is so reminiscent of Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan that one wonders what greatness lies ahead for both her and the country she serves. (If you are of the inclination to judge people by their choice of quotations of others, the quotes in this book alone indicate that Sarah Palin's mind is well-centered, incisive, and no-nonsense. )
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Well, an idiot she is not. Indeed, it is astonishing to recollect in just a few days while reading this book, the mud that was flung at Sarah Palin.Baffling to me, especially after reading her book, was why she took the crap, both from the opposition as well as her own "headquarters." It just seems so out of character. Certainly, there is room for a Woodward and Bernstein investigation of "headquarters." It seems almost as if there was an intentional undermining of the qualities this candidate could put forth.At best, this book is an attempt to answer so many things that went unanswered between her nomination August 29 and the election. Yes, it is self-serving, but since nobody else has come forth to tell her side of the story, I'm glad she did.One cannot fail to ask is she an anomoly or is she the beginning of the future? I believe many would hope the latter but so far she is alone. I can understand why the GOP has had little to say and I can understand while the Democrats and the Liberals continue to vilify her, but it seems to me that there ought to be more of a groundswell behind her and her thinking. It may be that she will continue to be in politics and may even attain additional elective office; it may also be that by 2012, she will have left the national scene. One thing is clear, she needs help from us ordinary citizens.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I'm loving this book (on chapter 5). I want to see Alaska! and I'd like to see Sarah as president. Her common sense approach works for me. My husband and I attended her book signing in Noblesville, Indiana. It was very thrilling even though we had to stand in line for hours just to get a 3 second glimpse of this fascinating person and shake her hand. Her smile is dazzling in person, too. She is delightful, warm and engaging. We were thrilled. The book is just a delight. Sarah does a good job of describing her family members, her situation as governor and the campaign with John McCain. She has several good quips, too. I think she has a great sense of humor. All this talk from the left of her whining is ridiculous. I do agree with Sarah as she has said in interviews that people are coming to see her, excited to see her, not because of her but because of what she stands for: a common sense approach to government, a love of country and a respect for tradition.