Jun 13, 2009
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)
From Publishers Weekly
Elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama was offered a book contract, but the intellectual journey he planned to recount became instead this poignant, probing memoir of an unusual life. Born in 1961 to a white American woman and a black Kenyan student, Obama was reared in Hawaii by his mother and her parents, his father having left for further study and a return home to Africa. So Obama’s not-unhappy youth is nevertheless a lonely voy (more…)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Intelligent and Introspective
Obama’s first book reads like a good novel. His soul-searching analysis of his mixed-race heritage is wrenching, reminding me of the mixed-race student in our daughter’s high…
4.0 out of 5 stars
How could I not read it?
There are many more reviews of this book than even the most careful buyer would want to read. So why add one more?
4.0 out of 5 stars
Dreams from My Father – a Perspective
Barak Obama has penned a delightful examination of his unique childhood, painted in the light of retrospection and illuminated with interesting anecdotal illustration.
1.0 out of 5 stars
A joke
This book is a joke. It is silly, self serving and I actually read it and wasted a good 4 hours out of my life that I will NEVER be able to replace. It was horrible.
1.0 out of 5 stars
BS
A sorry pack of deceit and lies, just as he is in real life.
Dont waste you time.
Was a gift that I gave back.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Gorgeous writing from an amazing individual
I will admit that I hadn’t heard of the author until his big speech and have obviously followed his career thus far.
5.0 out of 5 stars
definitely intriguing
what a masterpiece, every sentence literally stuck in my mind, was a fascinating journey that had to shared, mirrors the life path of numerous persons of different ethnic…
4.0 out of 5 stars
The journey of identity of the man who is our President
If you want to know how our President lived and what made him tick and what his journey of discovering himself was like before he became a politician, this book is the best.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Self Discovery
If you want to learn more from Barack Obama, than this is the book for you.
The way he writes triggers a shock in your head, Each word that is used has a specific…
5.0 out of 5 stars
Window into the past of a great man
Growing up, Barack has never been your typical “I want to grow up rich and famous” American. Through this book, one could see that at the center of his life lies his constant…