Review: Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg

I usually don't enjoy reading books in the fiction genre and I have a hard time finding really interesting books in the non-fiction genre. I mostly read political biographies and
I've recently been reading a book called Shortest Way Home by Pete Buttigieg, who's running for the Democratic nomination during the 2020 election. Although I have not finished the book yet, I think that this book is really interesting and a good read for someone who enjoys reading non-fiction and provides a lot of political insight. This book is a non-fiction book and talks about Pete Buttigieg's life and plan for America if he wins this election.
The book beings in South Bend, Indiana, where Mayor Buttigieg grew up. He talks about what it was like living in a small, Midwestern town in the '80s and '90s and also discusses the economy of the town. He goes in-depth about how the products made locally seemed to deliver quality, and they thrived in the community that was in South Bend, Indiana during that time period. Mayor Buttigieg also discusses finding his identity, realizing that he wanted to go into public service, and also coming to terms that he was gay.
The book then transitions to him moving to Harvard in Boston, going to talks with politicians, attending classes, joining activist efforts. Much of this section revolves around a very significant event that took place while he was at Harvard, the September 11th attacks. "When the planes hit, I was facedown on the bottom bunk, oblivious to the sunbeams angling in through the old windowpanes of my sophomore quarters in Leverett House. ...  There was a few days' ellipses in which politics seemed remote. As people were still being pulled out of the rubble and grief provoked us to say things like "We will never be the same," America felt more decent in mourning. Articles were written about the death of irony, and for a moment it felt as if the vengeful return of history would give us all the seriousness of historians, grappling with the complex forces that had brought us to this point. We seemed, for those few days, not kist wounded but morally aware. Within days President Bush was visiting a mosque, eloquently distinguishing between Islamist terrorism and Islamic people." (Buttigieg, 47) He goes much into depth about the domestic and global implications of this event, how America went to war and it was Mayor Buttigieg's generation that was in the Middle East, fighting. After graduating from Harvard, he went to the University of Oxford in England, where he had won a Rhodes Scholarship. After coming back, he worked at a corporation, McKinsey & Co. before going onto campaign for former President Obama's election. He eventually joins the military as an intelligence officer and himself goes off to the Middle East. The rest of the book goes into him running for the office of Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and what he wants to bring if he wins the presidency of the United States.
I really enjoyed the style in which this book is written. It moves at a good pace and goes into detail on events that were significant to his life. It also goes into depth about his plans for America and we as readers can see the build-up in his life and why he has the beliefs that he has.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading non-fiction. Even if you don't like non-fiction, this book is really interesting and I would recommend that you try it out.