Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance : A Story of Race and Inheritance (Hardcover)

from kambrogi

Obama is a good writer and this book certainly provides insight into his psyche, as well as his very interesting life. It will no doubt contain surprises for those who have perceived him as a "white man's black man." The book primarily shows how a young man of color in a white world searches out ...

from quondame

A straightforwardly readable memoir of a young man's finding a way to define who he is and what direction he will take against a background of disparate voices shouting all sorts of truth and myth. It almost completely avoids the necessary coyness imposed when a young man tells his story to a cul...

from Pummzie

A surprisingly engaging read. Given that the main thrust of the memoir is identity politics, I suppose the subject matter was always going to be relevant for me. As a British-Asian who grapples with notions of belonging and the difficulties of marrying heritage and traditions with western values,...

from mldavis2

This is a book about racism and heritage, not politics. Published in 1995 when he had just been elected junior senator from Illinois and before any aspirations of political ascendency to the Presidency, the book is a very candid autobiography of Obama's coming of age through the fog of racism and...

from ilovemycat1

Read this book in June 2009, so Obama has been President for the past 6 months. I loved that the book was written before he was even elected Senator. Therefore, It did not seem to be written by someone who knew he would be in higher office one day. It was so honest and so interesting. Especially,...