Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Political fiction Fiction |
---|---|
Material Type: | Fiction |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kathleen Rooney |
ISBN: | 9780984651092 0984651098 |
OCLC Number: | 864504946 |
Description: | 397 pages ; 23 cm |
Responsibility: | Kathleen Rooney. |
Abstract:
It's late spring of 2008, and one of Illinois' two Democratic senators is poised to become the next president of the United States. Colleen Dugan works for the other one--not on Capitol Hill, but in a Chicago skyscraper that overlooks Lake Michigan, among coworkers with little to do but field calls from angry constituents while the future of the nation gets decided elsewhere. In the coming weeks, Colleen will navigate the perils of costumed protestors, thuggish union reps, vacuous interns, trifling bureaucrats, dirty tricks by the senator's Republican rival, and the unexpected discovery of a scandalous secret that will give her the power to change the course of the election and shape her own fate--though not necessarily for the better. A quarter-life crisis viewed from the ghostly perspective of the Founding Fathers, this is a hilarious and heartbreaking story about American politics and the difficult business of being a good citizen: walking the tricky line between self-sacrifice and self-sabotage, between doing your part and knowing your place.
Reviews
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.


Tags
Add tags for "O, Democracy!".
Be the first.