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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father—a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man—has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey—first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother’s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father’s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.


Pictured in lefthand photograph on cover: Habiba Akumu Hussein and Barack Obama, Sr. (President Obama's paternal grandmother and his father as a young boy). Pictured in righthand photograph on cover: Stanley Dunham and Ann Dunham (President Obama's maternal grandfather and his mother as a young girl).


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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.04960730092
EAN: 9781400082773
ISBN: 1400082773
Label: Three Rivers Press
Manufacturer: Three Rivers Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2004-08-10
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Release Date: 2004-08-10
Studio: Three Rivers Press


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

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Summary: Terrible Book.
Comment: Very poorly contextual deliverance. Not worth a dime to read at all. Very rushed book.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wake Up, Americans!
Comment: Wake Up, Americans! Did you read the title of this book? Do you know where his father was from? If you want your country to turn into another Kenya, than this man is a perfect candidate who can help you do it. He is not with you, not with America. His heart is with those who hate you and your way of life. This man will brake the very backbone of America,the middle class. He has already started, just watch him go after your pockets, you houses, and even your air. You want socialism? You will get it. He will spread YOUR wealth the way he likes it.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully honest and thought provoking memoir.
Comment: This was an excellent book. Although I read it for a class, I would highly recommend it for even a good summer read. Obama is wonderfully adept at articulating the impact of his experiences on his maturation and the development of his identity. It makes me so proud that our President is such an excellent writer and such an honest human being. This is a book for absolutely everyone to read and learn from.

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Summary: Candid, Not Political
Comment: A candid and touching life story of our new president. American readers of our generation will doubtless find commonality to their own childhoods, regardless how different, or what parts of the country we come from.

Obama does not shy away from the harder-to-tell aspects of a history much like many other middle class kids. His is a typically American story in so many ways.

A rare glimpse into the emotional makeup of a president, this would be a touching read, even if the Author had decided to just become a lawyer. Bi-racial and estranged from parents, often the minority in his own world, Obama is both belonging, and foreign. Insider, outlander, just trying to do the best he can. American.

Customer Rating:
Summary: One heck of a great memoir
Comment: My paperback edition has a cover quote from Marian Wright Edelman: "Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white." How true! This is one of the best books I have ever read. This is a deep writer. His phrasing and storytelling are captivating. As a man whose father did not spend much time with him, I found a lot of my feelings in this book. I don't know if a woman would find familiar ground.

I found the chapters on Chicago most interesting in terms of watching his growth. I also was spellbound when, later, he stood in Kenya looking at his father's and grandfather's graves (side-by-side). I am in awe of this man's journey.

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