This
book, only 123 pages in length, gives a very good portrait of Julia
Gillard during her three years and three days in office. It is
intelligently written with many references to things Julia said, and
it gathers together the highs and lows of her prime ministership into
an 'easy-to-handle' bundle. Kent makes no personal evaluation but
presents everything so that the reader can make his/her own
evaluation. I feel that the only evaluation that can be made is that
Julia Gillard, with her tenacity, her clear vision, her efficiency,
her graciousness and her strength of purpose, would have to be one of
our very best prime ministers. Although Kent did not refer to it
directly, the contrast between Julia and the two men in opposition to
her - Rudd and Abbott - is striking to say the least. Both men failed
miserably in most of those things that made Julia the person she was
and is.
Photo of Jacqueline Kent (to the left) from