The Cruelty Is the Point: Why Trump's America Endures PB_Gift_Guide I’d buy it no matter

I’d buy it no matter where I lived in North America

like some 19th-century Russian novel

but being unable to type or hold a pen

cold-blooded animal occupant—Scorch must harness and embrace all the parts of her unique self

to recognize it

The Cruelty Is the Point: Why Trump's America Endures PB_Gift_Guide I’d buy it no matterNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From an award winning journalist at The Atlantic, these searing essays make a powerful case that real hope lies not in a sunny nostalgia for American greatness but in seeing this history plainin all of its brutality, unadorned by euphemism (The New York Times). NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR No writer better demonstrates how American dreams are so often sabotaged by American history. Adam Serwer is