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I am not sure, not being a German, how she is viewed in her home country. But as an American I find her book to be incredibly level headed. She strikes a balance between defending her actions and being humble of what she sees as errors she made. The book lags a bit in the middle (one awful chapter where she alphabetically lists all her meetings, yikes, should have been scrapped) but the beginning & end clipped along well.
4/5

Angela Merkel is such an interesting woman. Considered a conservative in her country, as an American I am so impressed with how she handled the (as she calls it) immigration crisis. Germany had an increase from 60k to 800k refugees a year in a few years time. She was criticized for this picture - a selfie she agreed to with a refugee at the height of the crisis. She is still baffled by the public reaction.

Starting this one today. I am excited to read about her life growing up, and hope she tackles being one of the few women in the G7.

I‘ve always admired Merkel and now I do even more. We don‘t see eye to eye on some policy, but her level-headed approach, respect for those with other views, and willingness to change when the circumstances show she should are ideal in a leader. Plus, she‘s had a very interesting life. This is long but well worth it (and only a little dry in some spots about generating policy, which is inevitable).