Jacinda Ardern's memoir is a moving account of a career built with care

The former New Zealand Prime Minister's memoir is nothing like a political manifesto. It is an assured and often moving account of a career built with care - though not without frequent self-doubt

A Different Kind Of Power by Jacinda Ardern  Published by Pan Macmillan  340 pages ₹899  Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s memoir begins in an unusual place: Her friend’s bathroom, where she is waiting for a big reveal with bated breath. A pregnancy test lies on the sink. It’s several days after election night in 2017, a time of high political drama and tense negotiations to win a majority. Ms Ardern writes: “I was days away from learning if I would run a country, and now, I was seconds away from learning if I would do it while having