First published 2012
Meghan McCain packs her bags for an unlikely journey across America with Michael Ian Black, a sharp-tongued liberal comedian who represents everything her conservative worldview opposes. The daughter of Senator John McCain finds herself sharing rental cars, hotel rooms, and countless hours of conversation with a man whose politics clash with her own at every turn. Their cross-country expedition takes them through small towns and big cities as they search for common ground in a nation pulled apart by partisan warfare. Black's acerbic wit meets McCain's Republican convictions in diners, gas stations, and roadside attractions from coast to coast. Each mile reveals new fractures in American society, but also unexpected moments of connection between two people who should be natural enemies. Their unlikely partnership becomes a mirror for a country struggling to bridge its own deep divisions. What begins as a political experiment evolves into something more personal as McCain and Black discover that finding America's soul might require first examining their own.
Genres: american, political-science, politics, contemporary, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water
Setting: America, United States
Period: 21st Century
352 pages · Kindle Edition · Da Capo Press