Nicola Sturgeon's memoir, Frankly, offers a revealing look into her political journey and personal experiences. She discusses her relations with Alex Salmond and the impact of her errors on the nationalist party. The book addresses private issues unique to women in politics, including her relationships, miscarriage, sexuality, and menopause, which are often absent in other political memoirs. Sturgeon reflects on her intense years of political service, culminating in her resignation in 2023, acknowledging the exhaustion that comes with such demanding roles.
Sturgeon was extremely lucky and often wrong, sometimes seriously so. There are examples of all these qualities in her newly published memoir, Frankly.
The book is more open and touching about private issues than most political memoirs, particularly focusing on being a woman in politics.
Many intimate reflections are about her relationships, her miscarriage, her sexuality and her menopause, topics often overlooked by other female politicians.
The most affecting sentence in the book describes her resignation in 2023: 'I was exhausted.' After years in power, who would not have been?
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