Great Expectation by Vinson Cunningham

This story is nestled in the hope and change that many people felt when Obama was elected and came to the White House--he is a black man elected by a mostly white nation and things felt possible then. I travelled to Denmark when my son was studying aboard there, and in the SAS lounge pre-boarding there was a feeling of joy, that we could proudly travel abroad as Americans. The Danes we talked to were astounded--saying that they couldn't possibly elect a Swede, much less someone who looked so different from most of them. The hope quickly faded and it has been abundantly clear that half of us are deeply racist, that we are easily lied to, and that as a result we are in really big trouble right now. So this book, which is set within the 2008 campaign--fictionally speaking--is a bit hard to read in the face of all that. It is a story of a young campaign worker, and what the campaign trail feels like when you go from underdog to winner.