A blog entry by Stephen Livingston of The Political Bookworm (reviewer of books on politics)
Our sister publication, Slate.com, tries to answer the question. It reports that Christian publisher Zondervan has removed "Speaking Up" from its fall lineup and taken the biography for young readers off its Web site.
It's unclear why Zondervan has taken the action; the publisher isn't explaining. And Slate, which got an advance copy, can only wonder: "The relentlessly reverential book is not modeled after Kitty Kelley's takedowns but rather on those quickie tween biographies of Justin Bieber and Zac Efron churned out for adoring fans. It is a stronger reputation-burnisher for Sarah Palin than Going Rogue was."
The Slate piece by Ruth Graham adds: "Viewed forgivingly, "Speaking Up" is a laudable effort -- a biography of a woman for a young evangelical audience that focuses primarily on its subject's professional accomplishments. Viewed less forgivingly, it's a hilarious one. At one point, within the space of three paragraphs, Palin is compared favorably to Taylor Swift, the apostle Paul, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver -- in that order."
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