Sarah Palin was once impossible to miss — the little-known Alaska governor suddenly thrust into the national spotlight in 2008 when John McCain chose her as his running mate. For a while, she seemed unstoppable: confident, energetic, sharp-tongued, and unafraid to challenge anyone who underestimated her. But long before politics, before campaign buses and cameras, she was simply a young woman in Wasilla who fell in love with her high-school sweetheart, Todd Palin. Together they built a life rooted in rugged Alaska: five children, a fishing business, a big extended family, and a marriage that looked unshakable from the outside.Continue reading…
