Against All Odds; My Life of Hardship, Fast Breaks, and Second Chances

New York, N.Y.: HarperCollinsPublishers, 2011. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. viii, [2], 325 pages. Illustrations (some in color). Inscribed on the page facing the title page by Scott Brown. Includes Prologue and Acknowledgments. Also includes chapters on Busted; Dan Sulivan's Hands; Where They Take You In; Malden; Cousins; Albion to Broadway to Salem; Judy, Brad, and the Judge; Basketball; Larry; Escape; The Cosmo Guy; Jumping Out of Planes; Gail and Mr. Mom; Running; "You-ll Never Win"; "It's the People's Seat;" Mr. Brown Goes to Washington; and Spider's Web. U.S. Senator Scott Brown was elected by the people of Massachusetts on January 19, 2010, to fill the term of the late senator Ted Kennedy. Against All Odds is the extraordinary personal story of the man who rose up to meet the challenge of terrific opposition and become one of America's most promising new political figures-Senator Scott Brown. Brown is famous for succeeding popular Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy after Kennedy's death in 2010-but, as he reveals in a compelling memoir reminiscent of Sarah Palin's Going Rogue and Clarence Thomas's My Grandfather's Son, his experiences with struggle and achievement go back a lifetime. Scott Philip Brown (born September 12, 1959) is an American diplomat, attorney and politician serving as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He is a former United States Senator for Massachusetts (2010-2013), and also was the 2014 Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. Prior to his Senate tenure, Brown served as a member of the Massachusetts General Court, first in the State House of Representatives (1998-2004) and then in the State Senate (2004-2010). In 2010, Brown faced Democratic candidate Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley in a special election which occurred after the 2009 death of longtime Senator Ted Kennedy. While initially trailing Coakley by a large margin, Brown saw a sudden late surge and posted a come-from-behind win to become the first Republican elected to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts since Edward Brooke in 1972. Brown ran for a full Senate term in 2012, but lost to Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren. He subsequently joined the board of directors of Kadant paper company, joined Fox News as a commentator, and joined Nixon Peabody where he provided legal services. After reestablishing residence in New Hampshire, Brown then campaigned for the U.S. Senate from New Hampshire in the 2014 elections. Brown won the Republican nomination by a significant margin, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Jeanne Shaheen in the general election. Brown was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. He was confirmed by the Senate as Ambassador to New Zealand on June 8, 2017 and arrived in New Zealand on June 25. In December 2020, Brown will serve as Dean of New England Law Boston, a private law school located in downtown Boston once his commitment to the State Department ends.