{"product_id":"9781847929464","title":"Young Man in a Hurry : A Memoir of Discovery","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Gavin Newsom\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eUSA\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 March 2026 by Vintage Publishing (The Bodley Head Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e244 x 165 x 30mm | 502g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom's intimate and poignant account of identity, belonging, and the defining moments that inspired a life in politics‘Go slow,’ his political elders advised him, but Gavin Newsom has never known such a speed. For Newsom, the California Dream is what lured his father’s family from Ireland, six generations ago. His great-great-grandfather, a cop, walked a beat in San Francisco, where almost 150 years later Newsom would be elected as mayor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewsom has never lived anywhere but California. His childhood was spent being tugged between two worlds: his mother worked three jobs in order to care for her children while his father, a close friend of the Getty family, brought Newsom into a world of wealth and connections. But the vantage point was valuable: he inherited his mother’s perseverance and his father’s reverence of California – not only its wildness, but its opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Young Man in a Hurry, Newsom traces the forces that have defined his ambitions as a politician. As mayor of San Francisco, he made waves when he violated state law in order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. He launched bold efforts to counter climate change, improve mental health care, and enhance gun safety. Elected as governor and entering office into immediate hyper-partisan headwinds from Washington, DC, Newsom has constantly and consistently stuck his neck out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere, he reflects on the long journey that ultimately shaped him into one of the most recognizable and accomplished elected officials in America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gavin Newsom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839850164573,"sku":"9781847929464","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9781847929464.jpg?v=1780060016","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9781847929464","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}