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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Author: Barack Obama
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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Country: United Kingdom
Format: Softcover
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781847670946
Publication date: June 2008
Length: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 464
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Author: Barack Obama

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The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life.

The son of a black African father and a white American mother, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, Obama receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father's life and reconcile his divided inheritance. Written at the age of thirty-three, Dreams from my Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama's journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history, and what makes us the people we are.

* 'This may be the best-written memoir ever produced by an American politician.' - Joe Klein, Time * 'Whatever else people expect from a politician, it's not usually a beautifully written personal memoir steeped in honesty. Barack Obama has produced one.' - Oona King, The Times * 'Obama's writing is characterised throughout by a graceful eloquence, a generosity of perception and spirit rare in young men of many gifts and charisma...here is a testimony for the ages.' - Candace Allen, Independent * 'It is an almost illicit pleasure to be reading the unspun memories of a man who may yet become president of the US.' - Guardian


 
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  For an American politician...
Reviewed by Michelle on 07 September 2009
39 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

this is a suprisingly good read. It does get tedious in parts as he tends to over-elaborate, but nonetheless a very interesting insight into his life pre-presidency. I was quite surprised though at the racist overtones he exhibits now and then, considering he was raised by white people!

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