02854cam a2200409 i 4500 1386968196 MeVbMML 20230928142141.0 230627t20232023nhu b 000 0 eng d 9781586423681 1586423681 (OCoLC)1386968196 AJM 362.1962 M958i 2023 Mullen, Shannon A., author 14321 In other words, leadership : how a young mother's weekly letters to her governor helped both women brave the first pandemic year / Shannon A. Mullen Lebanon, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press L.L.C., [2023] ©2023 325 pages ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references "This trip to the "Vacationland" of Maine -- where the state motto is I Lead -- offers an inspiring tale of civility and purpose, of doing the right thing and not just surviving, but prevailing. The first woman to serve as governor of Maine, Janet Mills, had been in office a year when COVID-19 reached the United States. The recently-widowed 72-year-old wrote in her journal there is "no playbook for a pandemic" as she imposed unprecedented restrictions on her state. When early support for the governor's response curdled to rampant opposition, a young mother named Ashirah Knapp sent a letter of support from a remote homestead in the woods of Maine. Ashirah's handwritten dispatch detailed how the public health emergency was upending her family's life and livelihood, and she promised to keep writing "every week until we are through this time" to remind the governor how many Mainers supported her despite the disruption. Ashirah's letters, with their simple wisdom and striking penmanship, stood out in a flood of correspondence Governor Mills was receiving that ranged in tone from appreciative to furious. They helped keep her grounded as she made wrenching, often unpopular choices. Shannon A. Mullen weaves from these two women's letters and the governor's journal, which were never intended for publication, an intimate and compelling true story that is a celebration of civility and compassion in the face of rancor and of resolve in the face of adversity."-- Provided by publisher Maine. Governor (2019- : Mills) 14322 COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- Political aspects 14323 Governors 14324 Governors Maine 14325 Communicable diseases Prevention 14326 Letters Authors, American Maine 602 Maine Mills, Janet T 14327 Maine. Governor (2019- : Mills) 14322 .b179671510 ddc BOOK 29022 29022 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ NF 2023-09-28 29.95 0 362.19 MULL 64524 2023-09-28 2023-09-28 BOOK 1