The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation
from housewife to House Speaker - how she became a master legislator a key partner to
presidents and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance. When at age forty-six Nancy
Pelosi mother of five asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress Alexandra
Pelosi answered: "Mother get a life!" And so Nancy did and what a life it has been. In The
Art of Power Pelosi describes for the first time what it takes to make history - not only as
the first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation but to pass laws
that would save lives and livelihoods from the emergency rescue of the economy in 2008 to
transforming health care. She describes the perseverance persuasion and respect for her
members that it took to succeed but also the joy of seeing America change for the better.
Among the best-prepared and hardest working Speakers in history Pelosi worked to find common
ground or stand her ground with presidents from Bush to Biden. She also shares moving moments
with soldiers sent to the front lines women who inspired her and human rights activists who
fought by her side. Pelosi took positions that established her as a prophetic voice on the
major moral issues of the day warning early about the dangers of the Iraq War and of the
Chinese government's long record of misbehaviour. This moral courage prepared her for the
arrival of Trump with whom she famously tangled becoming a red-coated symbol of resistance to
his destructive presidency. Here she reveals how she went toe-to-toe with Trump leading up to
January 6 2021 when he unleashed his post-election fury on the Congress. Pelosi gives us her
personal account of that day: the assault not only on the symbol of our democracy but on the
men and women who had come to serve the nation never expecting to hide under desks or flee for
their lives - and her determined efforts to get the National Guard to the Capitol. Nearly two
years later violence and fury would erupt inside Pelosi's own home when an intruder demanding
to see the Speaker viciously attacked her beloved husband Paul. Here Pelosi shares that
horrifying day and the traumatic aftermath for her and her family. The woman who has been
lauded by her opposition as "the most powerful Speaker" ever shows us why she is not afraid of
a good fight. The Art of Power is about the fighting spirit that has always animated her and
the historic legacy that spirit has produced.
