Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
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#1Â NEW YORK TIMESÂ BESTSELLER â€¢ In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack ObamaÂ â€œguides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and raceâ€ (The Washington Post Book World).
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â€œQuite extraordinary.â€â€”Toni MorrisonÂ
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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 fatherâ€”a figure he knows more as a myth than as a manâ€”has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odysseyâ€”first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his motherâ€™s family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his fatherâ€™s life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.
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Praise forÂ Dreams from My Father
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â€œBeautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBrideâ€™sÂ The Color of WaterÂ and Gregory Howard Williamsâ€™sÂ Life on the Color LineÂ as a tale of living astride Americaâ€™s racial categories.â€â€”Scott Turow
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â€œProvocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review
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â€œObamaâ€™s writing is incisive yet forgiving. This is a book worth savoring.â€â€”Alex Kotlowitz, author ofÂ There Are No Children Here
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â€œOne of the most powerful books of self-discovery Iâ€™ve ever read, all the more so for its illuminating insights into the problems not only of race, class, and color, but of culture and ethnicity. It is also beautifully written, skillfully layered, and paced like a good novel.â€â€”Charlayne Hunter-Gault, author ofÂ In My Place
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â€œDreams from My FatherÂ is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young authorâ€™s journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perceptive and wise, this book will tell you something about yourself whether you are black or white.â€â€”Marian Wright Edelman
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307383419
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2007-01-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307383419

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307383419
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2007-01-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307383419

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

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