Dreams from My Father
by:
Barack Obama (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781847670946 (1847670946)
Publish date: June 5th 2008
Publisher: Canongate Books
Pages no: 442
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Book Club,
African American,
Politics,
Biography Memoir,
Race
I Picked Up This Book Because: Curiosity? I think mostly I wanted to get to know Michelle’s other half.Mr Obama has had a varied and well traveled life. He has experienced many cultures and taken advantage of the knowledge gained. While I feel like I learned a lot about his past I don’t feel like t...
I liked the recounting of his childhood stories, life in Hawaii in the 60s and 70s, and the description of Kenya. I was amazed by his writing style - I had no expectations but he writes better than some self-proclaimed "writers".
I'm embarrassed it took me this long to pick up Barack Obama's first book. I learned so much, especially from listening to the audiobook which is read by the author. It brought Obama's early life into sharp relief, illustrating his path and the development of his values, ethics, and morals. Most of ...
22/3 - I'm Australian, I've never spent any extended period of time living in the US, so all of my opinions are those of an outsider looking in. I'm also not much of a political watcher so I don't know all the ins and outs of my own country's political structure, let alone that of America's, so plea...
So I always feel a little bit weird rating memoirs. I don't ever want someone to take a look at one of my reviews and think that equals me hating their life, but in some cases not all memoirs are the same. Luckily, for the most part I really liked this one. Prior to becoming President of the United ...
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