PositiveThe Washington PostMorain gives readers the public Harris on her own terms: a leader who rose to power in the crowded terrain of California politics ... Morain is admiring of Harris and forgives her for the policy compromises that still attract criticism ... Morain relies on insights he gathered in his time covering California politics, bolstered by interviews with Harris’s colleagues through the years, giving the book the feel of an insider’s tale. But without access to the vice president-elect or her family, Morain cannot get to the inner Kamala Harris. Curiously, Kamala’s Way provides little on how racism and sexism shaped Harris’s path. In his effort to explain her character, Morain comes very close to trading in old, pernicious stereotypes about Black women, though perhaps unwittingly so ... this story about how she ran the gantlet of American politics will leave readers admiring Harris for how she has not only survived but thrived.
