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Gretchen Whitmer

True Gretch

Date:
Sunday, July 14
Time:
6:00 pm PDT
Cost:
$5 – $25 Sliding Scale + $26.99 Optional Book Add-On
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Venue

The Great Hall
1119 Eighth Avenue (enter on Eighth Avenue)
Seattle, 98101 United States + Google Map

Note: Town Hall events are approximately 75 minutes long.

Book cover for Gretchen Whitmer's "True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between." The book cover features a portrait of Gretchen Whitmer with arms crossed, dressed in a dark blazer over a white shirt, set against a blue background.
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True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between

The Elliott Bay Book Company

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Headshot of Gretchen Whitmer (with light skin & long dark brown hair)
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In her five years as Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer has steered her state through some of the most challenging events in Michigan’s history, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a five-hundred-year flood, the rise of domestic terrorism, and the fight to protect reproductive rights. Now she shares a candid and personal account of her life and career, full of insights that guided her through a global pandemic, showdowns with high-profile bullies, and even a kidnapping and assassination plot.

In her new book True Gretch, Whitmer reveals the principles and instincts that shaped her career, from her early days as a lawyer and legislator and her 2018 election as governor of Michigan, to the innovative actions she took as she led the state through a series of unprecedented crises. Her motto in politics, she writes, is to “get shit done.”

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Along the way, Whitmer tells stories about her family, her lifelong clumsy streak, the wild comments she’s heard on the campaign trail, her self-deprecating social media campaigns (including her star turn as a talking potato with lipstick), and the slyly funny tactics she deploys to neutralize her opponents.

Written with Whitmer’s trademark sense of humor, True Gretch is not only a compelling account of her journey, but also a blueprint for anyone who wants to make a difference in their community, their country, or the world.

Gretchen Whitmer is the governor of Michigan and a rising figure in U.S. politics. Known for her bold and plainspoken style, Whitmer is a national voice on the rights of women, voters, and the LGBTQ+ community. She is a lifelong Michigander who first ran for office at age 29, has served in both state houses, and has never lost an election. Whitmer is the proud mother of two daughters, a huge Detroit Lions fan, and the subject of the song “Big Gretch” by rapper GMac Cash. True Gretch is her first book.

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