One of the youngest White House staffers in American history, Wear is unusually young to have written a memoir. Although he is not yet thirty years old, he writes with great maturity and insight about serving on both of Obama's campaigns and serving in the White House from 2009 to 2013 in the Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. In 2012, Wear was tapped to lead President Obama's faith outreach in his campaign. This is no small honor, especially considering his youth.
Wear's book is equal parts autobiography and autopsy. Though he recounts his personal story of finding faith as a teenager in Buffalo, New York, he also performs a detailed analysis of the efforts of the Obama White House to connect its social policy agenda to faith initiatives across the United States.
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