Pre-Owned A Singular Woman : The Untold Story of Barack Obama's Mother (Hardcover) 9781594487972

from Sullywriter

A richly detailed biography of a fascinating woman. Ann Dunham had flaws and made her share of mistakes as we all do, but she managed to live a full, rich, meaningful life despite her premature deimse from cancer at age 52. She was a great intellectual, fearless adventurer, deeply compassionate, ...

from tangledthread

Janny Scott takes on the task of illuminating the life of a most unusual woman whose life was much more than the "white woman from Kansas" description of the President's political campaign. The book begins in a linear fashion, tracing the roots of Stanley Ann Dunham's heritage. The narrative begi...

from Tod_Christianson

I was watching President Obama give a speech on television and it dawned on me that I didn't really know anything about his parents and that he was young enough that they should still be around. A quick internet searched revealed that his parents had passed away. I was intrigued by a picture of O...

from pieterpad

WHAT AN APT title: A Singular Woman, a biography of Stanley Ann Dunham, the mother of Barack Obama. Janny Scott has given us a detailed, concise overview of Dunham's formative childhood, her career, and her character: taken together they provide a portrait not only of the woman, but of one import...

from Jcambridge

Given so much attention has been given to and written about Barack Obama's father, I enjoyed reading a history of his mother. When one considers her life and generation, she truly was a singular woman, venturing to parts of the world and societies where relatively few Americans (particularly wome...