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The Rough Side Of The Mountain: A Memoir
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A Poignant And Inspiring Memoir From The Former Mayor Of Atlanta About Her Modest, Hardscrabble Upbringing, And Fully Appreciating The Selfless, Loving, Fierce, And Altogether SouthernTwinged Lessons Her Family Taught Her.Long Before Keisha Lance Bottoms Rose To Prominence In Politics, She Was A DaddyS Girl From The West Side Of AtlantaThe Baby Of Her Family, Who Did Well In School, Though She Talked Too Much In Class; An Outgoing Kid Who Dreamed Of Growing Up To Be Elegant And Charismatic Like Her Parents, Cool Like Her Older Siblings And Big Cousins, And The Pride Of Her Very Large Southern Family.After Law School, Bottoms Worked As An Attorney, Served As A Judge, And Was Elected To City Council And The Mayorship, Where She Garnered National Attention For Her Leadership During The Pandemic And George Floyd Protests. Later, She Was Appointed Senior Advisor In President Joe BidenS Administration.Yet Bottoms Felt Disquieted Internally. She Was In Her Early Fifties And Approaching The Age Her Beloved Father Was When He Died. She CouldnT Shake The Feeling That Something In Her Life Was Missing, Like SheD Forgotten To Bring An Essential Element Of Herself Along For Her Ascension. Stepping Away From The Daily Political Grind, Bottoms Realized How Much SheD Sanded Down Parts Of Herself On Her Path To Professional Success. SheD Tucked Away The Fuller Details About Her DadS Drug Abuse And Prison Stint For Dealing; The Sexual Abuse She Endured; The Eating Disorder She Developed; The CloseKnit, Utterly Unpolished Family Who Doted On Her And Gave Her An Incredible Foundation Of Love And Confidence But Whose Influence SheD Smoothed To A Sleek, Charming, CampaignReady Sheen. She Thought That Was The Price Of Upward Mobility. Then She Realized She Was Wrong.The Rough Side Of The Mountain Is About This Excavation. ItS BottomsS Deeply Affecting Journey To Rescue A Version Of Herself That She Thought She Had To Leave Behind To Succeed. An Homage To The Lessons From Kinfolk Plainly Told, Hers Is A Timely And Heartfelt Memoir About Unmasking Oneself, The Joys Of Authenticity, Embracing What You See, And Spreading That Powerful Message.
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