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This book was pretty wild- the story of Regan and his campaign rhetoric based on his version of Linda Taylor‘s, the original welfare queen‘s, story. Turns out welfare fraud was the least of her crimes. However once you get past that there‘s not as much information as I would have wanted about the politics and ties to present day. I‘ve been listening to the Audie Award history nominees. #NonfictionNovember #BookspinBINGO #CrushTheRush

I hated this book. The only reason I didn't bail on it was because I was at work and had nothing else to do, so I RELUCTANTLY finished it. The first third of the book is pretty interesting, as it tells of Taylor's welfare schemes. But it barely touches upon the political backlash, and the rest of the book tells the background story of her and her family. The problem is that they weren't the least bit interesting, and so, neither was this book.

I appreciate the time and detail the author put into this book. I learned so much and experienced a mix of emotions. Such thoughtful writing.

While running for President, Reagan seized upon (and grossly embellished) the story of a con artist who bilked the system to get excessive public aid money. This is her actual story. I love this idea, but I wanted more of the tie in to politics (what was there was great) and a better idea of what drove her. This reads more like reporting than biography so that I feel I have the facts but still don‘t know the woman.

Wow. This book covers a lot. Mostly focusing on the life and aftershocks of one woman it also dives deep into the sociological effects in US society.

One of timely coincidences is that this books also has a lot to say about Reagan and his presidency (and it‘s uncomfortably similar to a Cheeto in charge).

Sum up: read this if you loved Mastermind or love sociological narratives with true crime mixed in

In the past two days I finished these two amazing (and very different books) ironically ending my two month streak of reading only female authored books. I didn‘t realize the common theme 👑until I gather my library returns.

I recommend both of the books so strongly and I think they both generate deep conversations.

This one started off really strong. It was extremely intriguing, but then it kind of lost me, as it started going on about her parents and early years. She was a piece a work that is for sure.

This story sounds so interesting and I have never heard of it before.