Life Among the Cannibals: A Political Career, a Tea Party Uprising, and the End of Governing as We Know It

In this revealing memoir, Specter candidly describes how growing extremism in the Republican party led him to make a headline-grabbing party switch to the Democrats after decades as a Republican. He recounts the difficult transition, the unexpected struggles he faced, and his tumultuous campaign and eventual defeat in the 2010 Pennsylvania Democratic Primary.