An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporter
Charlotte Alter is a national correspondent for TIME, covering the 2016, 2018, and 2020 campaigns, youth social movements, and women in politics. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
“[Alter] does an excellent job detailing—with persuasive data—what
has shaped and motivated this young generation so far… Thanks to
[her] timely book we can have a better understanding of why an
entire generation was set back and what’s driving it now.”—New York
Times Book Review
“When it comes to political prescience today, TIME magazine writer
Charlotte Alter is arguably peerless… Each of Alter’s chosen ones
emerges as an individual with his or her own history and path. The
result is a more nuanced picture of a generation than previously
reported.”—Los Angeles Times
“These stories are all buoyed by Alter’s sharp writing and engaging
voice. She is by turns sarcastic, funny and sincere, but always
conversational… Alter’s book will come as a tonic to millennials
who have grown weary of boomers’ well-worn complaints about them.
That’s because The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For takes millennials
seriously — and likewise takes seriously older generations’
responsibility for millennial woes, such as economic insecurity. To
Alter, social media and complaints about student debt aren’t
symptoms of an infantilized generation. They are simply facts of
millennial life and are entering political office along with all
the new millennials who ascend to power — boomers’ complaints be
damned.”—The Washington Post
"Alter is an exceptional storyteller...this nuanced & comprehensive
guide does an admirable job illuminating the next generation of
political leaders & the issues that drive them."
—Publisher's Weekly
“The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For is an excellent and timely
look at the young leaders who are at the gates, and a lesson in
what we have to learn from them. If you’re curious about what the
future looks like, this book is a thorough, thoughtful place to
start.”
—Rebecca Traister, New York Times Bestselling Author of Good
and Mad and All the Single Ladies
“For anyone who has dismissed millennials or who cares about our
country’s future, Charlotte Alter has written a riveting, essential
book. In bringing to vivid life the young upstarts who will
ultimately inherit our democracy, Alter has inadvertently given us
another vital young voice that will shape our political future:
Hers.”
—Amy Chozick, New York Times bestselling author
of Chasing Hillary
“Just when we need it, a new generational wave is poised to sweep
away the aging politicians who are part of a divisive and
dysfunctional system. In this valuable and richly reported
book, Charlotte Alter weaves together the tale of ten millennials
who are disrupting our stale politics. By the end you’ll
smile and say to yourself, there’s hope.”
—Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da
Vinci and Steve Jobs
“Millennials are pissed off and burnt out and ready for change—and
The Ones We've Been Waiting For brilliantly profiles the leaders of
our own generation who will make it happen. These leaders have been
influenced (and radicalized) by pivotal millennial experiences,
whether witnessing 9/11 as a young adult or taking out staggering
amounts of student debt—which is part of what makes the book feel
so relatable, infuriating, and hopeful, all at once.”
—Anne Helen Petersen, author of Too Fat Too Slutty Too Loud
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