Hang on to your seats! A piece of ‘Amurikana’ is hitting the shelves!
NEW YORK — Sarah Palin finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced. Her publisher says the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17.
Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham says the former Alaska governor invested herself deeply and passionately in the project. He says the book contains fascinating detail.
The 400-page book is the first for Palin, who has been an object of fascination since Republican Sen. John McCain chose her as his running mate during his 2008 presidential bid. The book will be called “Going Rogue: An American Life.”
A huge first printing of 1.5 million copies has been commissioned by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Oooohhh…the images this conjures up are priceless! Palin’s memoirs…boggles the mind doesn’t it? And ONLY 400 pages! What did she leave out I ponder…
Wow! That ghostwriter really wrapped this up fast! April was the original release date, now she really will be out there like a loose cannon. But I suppose they have to remain hunkered down for a bit longer…it is the Zondervan Christian Publishing version that has me on the edge of my seat. Lynn Vincent, “Palin’s Pen”, is a well known Christian writer that has really fast fingers apparently…along with a very vivid imagination. Should be riveting…absolutely riveting…
Remember how I have been warning that she was going to be free to roll around the country like a loose cannon? Well, that time has come upon us, just in time for the 2010 campaign stumping. And while the GOP 2012 frontrunners and “leaders” have been debating about whether to kiss her ass or kick it…she is now about to jump into their pool.
Splash!!!
Let the games begin…
Jocularity, jocularity!!
But seriously, folks–
"Governor Palin has been unbelievably conscientious and hands-on at every stage, investing herself deeply and passionately in this project," said Jonathan Burnham, publisher of Harper.
Too bad the above quote does not describe her efforts when she was Governor of Alaska.
Whenever I read that her tome is 400 pages, I wonder how big the font is.
16?
Thanks for the laugh, Leah! I needed a moment to chuckle over the state of affairs and you came through!
My pleasure Richard…if not for the humour in the ridiculous…where would we be? Shouting and acting like idiots at Town Hall meetings or calling ourselves "teabaggers" and "rogues" as though we understood their meanings! Pashaw!
Sorry I will NOT buy her book, I will wait and pick it up from the local dumpster.
Leah, better do the definition quick, that is the 3rd or 4th time I have seen it at this setting.
Seems to me to be ploy to fend off some impending news about her and the skeletons in her many closets…
hope it doesn't play, personally I think it should be banned from all bookstores and libraries…
turn about dontchya know…
Ya betcha!
To top it all off – she STOLE Ronald Reagan's book title! "An American Life" Idiocy abounds.
Of course she did! Outside of Alaska, Seattle shopping trips were the extent of her "Main Street" America travels before September 2008. She stole the accent about then too. A piece of work!
Was she idiotic enough to come up with that title? I think not, since she used the term "rogue" correctly when trying to discredit Trooper Monegan ("rogue cop"). I hope her ghostwriter or publisher did the title, to let us know that they, too, are on to her.
ROGUE-definitions:
1. An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.
2. One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.
3. A wandering beggar; a vagrant.
4. A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.
5. An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.
Oh pulease! I have GOT to do another post with the definitions…that is absolutely a riot! Thank you Lorelei! Excellent "get"…
Yeah. And those are just the "noun" definitions for rogue. Check out Dictionary.com.
Verb –
to cheat.
to uproot or destroy (plants, etc., that do not conform to a desired standard).
Adjective –
(of an animal) having an abnormally savage or unpredictable disposition, as a rogue elephant.
no longer obedient, belonging, or accepted and hence not controllable or answerable; deviating, renegade:
And let's not forget the synonyms:
villain, trickster, swindler, cheat, mountebank, quack. See knave.
So, could this title be a Freudian slip? I find it so telling that the only animal used to depict the nature of a "rogue" is an elephant. How brilliant. I'm imagining all the clever bumper stickers being created right now with the image of a stampeding elephant crashing through the Smithsonian Institute of Science & Technology in D.C.
But really, why couldn't she have just used the title "Going Ape: An American Primate". ??
LOL…I love your title. I suppose as Queen Esther she is allowed to deviate from her Dominionist herd and fulfill all the above. After all – she is the anointed prophetess warrior…(rolling of eyes)
Yes sirree! That's our girl – she hunts, she fishes, she makes moose chili. She can run a city and a state, and she could run the country, dammit, if we'd just give her the chance. She lifts weights, she runs, has tight abs, poses for photo shoots and gives speeches in Hong Kong. She's the master of two (count 'em) Blackberries and she can talk and slice cheese at the same time.
You're right Leah – how did she ever manage to squeeze it all onto 400 pages? See? Another hidden talent.
Indubitably!!! I'm just sayin'! She is somethin' else, also, there…