AS HEARD ON RADIO 4''S WOMEN''S HOUR''A stunning mosaic of contemporary America'' Fintan O''Toole''Essential reading, with quick insights and bomblets of surprise'' TLS A panoptical vision of modern America, from the brilliant mind of Jill Lepore. The 2010s marked a shift in America''s trajectory, beginning with the run-up to Donald Trump''s election, through to the chaos and confusion left in its wake. With the wit and verve that has made her the acclaimed national historian of a generation, Jill Lepore reflects on the consuming fissures of this era: culture wars and media corrosion; disruptive innovation and techno-utopianism; constitutional crises surrounding gun rights and a reckoning with a deep history of racial violence. These essays make sense of American life in a moment of polarization, capturing the tumultuous relationship between the country''s violent past and fractured present.Praise for Jill Lepore:''The pre-eminent historian of forgotten tales from America''s past'' David Runciman''A person can''t help but feel inspired by the riveting intelligence and joyful curiosity of Lepore'' George Saunders''Lepore writes history like a poet'' Dan Snow''Lepore is that rare combination in modern life of intellect, originality and style'' Amanda Foreman