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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 ...Show synopsisThe 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.Hide synopsis
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Books on Tape) – Audiobook CD (2007)
by
Barack Obama
Audiobook CD, Books on Tape 2007
English
Abridged.
ISBN: 1415941394 ISBN-13: 9781415941393
"Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . this book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's "The Color of Water" and Gregory Howard Williams's "Life on the Color Line" as a tale of living astride America's racial categories." -Scott Turow 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 ...Show more"Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . this book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's "The Color of Water" and Gregory Howard Williams's "Life on the Color Line" as a tale of living astride America's racial categories." -Scott Turow 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. "Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither." -"New York Times Book Review " "Obama's writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring." -Alex Kotlowitz, author of "There Are No Children Here"Hide
I don't even feel as if I should give this any type of star rating but I am required so I give it 2 stars. A bit disappointing for me and maybe it was because of Obama's narration...I'm just not sure. It just seemed to drone on and on for me and when I got to the part I was looking forward to (Obama ...
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Barack Obama's memoir of his childhood and early career as a community organizer is incredibly honest and engaging. It is especially fascinating to read now that he is the President-Elect, because it was written before he ever ran for any sort of office and therefore is free of any word-mincing or ...
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