The reporting, particularly in the first history-rich chapters, was excellent. I appreciated the stories of real women struggling in the trenches, particularly under pandemic limitations. What was not effective was the memoir bits. While she is a gifted journalist, the author was unsuccessful connecting with readers through her own story. It was too privileged and worked against her reliability as a narrator which she had established in the other sections. Each time she started saying “I” or “my” I thought..oh, boy…don’t share. Go back to the interviews. It’s like there were two objectives: share my story so I can feel understood, and share the stories of others to create a sense of urgency on all our parts to take actions to reverse the tragic turn of democracy against women..as it has always been. That’s the story we hoped for. There was too much her.