Cassidy Hutchinson became famous on June 28, 2022. On this day, in front of the media and the American public, she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. She seemed to be calm, poised and articulate. She imparted new and valuable information to us and to the investigation. She was also just 25 years old.

Who is Cassidy Hutchinson? How did she arrive at this pivotal moment in time? And how has her life changed since the interview?

Cassidy grew up in a small, middle-class family in Pennington, New Jersey. The dynamics of the household could be a challenge to deal with, especially when it came to her father. Even though her parents would eventually divorce, Cassidy's far-right survivalist and severely judgmental father would continue to re-enter her life at key moments, often causing upheaval. Still, we can catch glimpses of this woman's steady and eventual unusual choice to pursue a career in public service. She felt connected to the majesty and power of the federal buildings in Washington, D.C., even when she first visited it as a young child.

During her college years, Cassidy held internships in offices within the House, Senate and White House. She advanced quickly into more positions of responsibility because she was recognized for her organizational and personal skills. Cassidy spent most of 2020 working as an assistant to Mark Meadows, the President's Chief of Staff. I suspect that few of us would choose to work in such a stressful environment and, additionally, within earshot of the demands of a mercurial and unpredictable boss. Yet Cassidy seemed to thrive on dealing with and applying organization into the minute-to-minute machinations of upper-level politics. Well, I guess it's good that SOMEBODY likes to do it. And that she is quite adept at these tasks, too.

She gets some personal relief in late January 2021, when her job in the administration ends. Cassidy can finally find time for herself and to figure out what she really believes about that frantic time. And then, with the launching of the House investigation, a different kind of stress takes hold. On Jan. 6, 2021, Cassidy had accompanied the White House party at the Ellipse. She spent the afternoon back in her office, watching the invasion of the Capitol Building on television and listening to what was happening in the other offices.

Now, she has to decide how much information to reveal about those times, knowing that her decision will be life-changing. Talk about jumping from the frying pan into the fire!

I chose to listen to Cassidy share her story herself, on the set of 11 audio CDs. I wanted to hear her now-familiar voice tell her tale. Like everyone else, I had heard only a small portion of it during her televised testimony, as well in some of her more recent interviews. While she and I would probably take opposing sides on major issues, I was still curious to learn how Cassidy had arrived at her path. And how she seemingly had risen into a key role at such a young age. We learn a lot about American politics here, as Cassidy describes the day-to-day activities of the West Wing. Whew! I was exhausted, just listening to it. And yet: her story was so compelling and powerful that I was sometimes reluctant to turn off the car at the end of my commute, knowing that I would also cut off her voice and put her story on pause.

I became so immersed in this topic that I called up an online video of Cassidy's testimony before the Jan. 6 committee and I watched it all again. She described it accurately in the book, of course. But now I could watch for the nuances she clued us in on, because I knew The Rest of the Story.

If you are at all interested in contemporary American politics, you must read Enough, a memoir that is firmly connected to our current political situation. Whether Cassidy Hutchinson's story will continue to have relevance in American history as we move forward remains to be seen. Nevertheless, it's good to have her full story recorded somewhere. And we should watch what this politically-committed and talented young woman has in store in her future.