Table of Contents
1 Shyamala's Daughter 1
2 That Little Girl 11
3 An Education, Apartheid, and a Slaughter 18
4 A Taste of Politics 27
5 Setting Her Sights 38
6 Becoming a Boldface 43
7 Severing Heads. Figuratively. 48
8 Officer Down 56
9 Getting "Smart" on Crime 62
10 Harris and Obama 67
11 The Mad Dash 70
12 Change Comes to California 80
13 Attorney General Harris 87
14 The Relic 94
15 Wedding Bells 100
16 The Damned Photos 108
17 Mortgage Meltdown 114
18 Phenomenal Women 121
19 "Just a Dude" 125
20 Woman in a Hurry 130
21 Joe Biden Gives Harris a Hand 134
22 Picking Her Shots 142
23 Fighting the Forever War 147
24 "Go Get 'Em" 154
25 "I Intend to Fight" 161
26 Stepping onto the National Stage 166
27 The Resistance 172
28 "I'm Asking the Questions" 181
29 "Yes or No" 186
30 Harris v. Kavanaugh 193
31 A Death in the Family 201
32 "For the People" 206
33 Timing Is Everything 211
34 Dancing in the Rain 218
Epilogue 227
Acknowledgments 241
Notes 243
Index 273