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An international bestseller which has sold over a million copies in the UK, Dreams From My Father is a refreshing, revealing portrait of a young man asking big questions about identity and belonging. The son of a black African father and a white American mother, President Obama recounts an emotional odyssey. He retraces the migration of his mother's family from Kansas to Hawaii, then to his childhood home in Indonesia. Finally he travels to Kenya, where he confronts the bitter truth of his father's life and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.

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Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961. In his early twenties he found his vocation working among poor communities on the south side of Chicago. Later he went to law school at Harvard University, where he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. In 1995 he published his memoir Dreams from My Father, which became a bestseller soon after it was reissued in 2004. After returning to Chicago, he was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996.

Barack Obama delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and later that year he was elected to the US Senate. His second book, The Audacity of Hope, was published in 2006 and became an immediate bestseller. In November 2008 Senator Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America. He was re-elected in 2012 and served a second term which concluded in 2016. He is married to Michelle, with whom he has two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House; Main - Canons edition (1 January 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1782119256
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1782119258
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 337 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.6 x 19.8 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
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Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the author of three New York Times bestselling books, Dreams from My Father, The Audacity of Hope, and A Promised Land, and is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Michelle. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha.
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Yuya Kiuchi is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University. His research areas include: African American Studies and History, American Studies and History, Popular Culture Studies, Urban History, Youth Culture, and Science Technology and Society Studies.
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KISHOR BAAD

Precious book

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 24 January 2023

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Excellent reading

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 30 December 2020

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Being a US president is a big achievement but it is clearly visible that, it was not planned.
Working in root level made him involve because he knew about "basic human problem".

We can learn from anyone, anywhere, any source !!! That's what made Mr. Obama much different from many US President, many human being.

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Ashwin

Writing style is immaculate

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Bought this book for my academic reading on black literature and was not sure whether I would actually enjoy it, but I was taken by surprise at the rich prose and philosophy of Obama's. His questions about identity and belonging and how it feels to have an absent father in a child's life really resonated with me. Also the later half of the book where he explores Kenya and it's culture reminded me of how similar it is to ours. Would highly recommend

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Subodh Vaishnav

Good book

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A Story of Race and Inheritance (1995) is a memoir by Barack Obama, that explores the events of his early years in Honolulu and Chicago up until his entry into law school in 1988. Obama originally published his memoir in 1995, when he was starting his political campaign for the Illinois Senate.He had been elected as the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990. According to The New York Times, Obama modeled Dreams from My Father on Ralph Ellison's novel Invisible Man.

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Ravi Sharma

Good one!!

Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 25 April 2022

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Quality of pages needed to be get improved

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Pavan

Closed some loops for me..

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This book made me rethink on the assumptions I had regarding my own father, his upbringing and his relationship with my grandfather.
Very good read..

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RUSHABH MEHTA

Great personal story and understanding of race relations in the United States

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This book covers the early life of Barack Obama up to his first real job as a community organiser and was written when he was 33. The writing is fluid and at some passages are beautiful. It reveals a very self aware, extremely intelligent and very self conscious person trying to grow up battling the contradictions of growing up in a mixed race family.

On the down side, some passages are a bit preachy and Obama leaves out crucial bits of information, like why did he choose to become a community worker is not adequately explained in my view. Also he leaves out his political views and does not disclose his political ambitions or lack of it.

But overall a highly engaging and rewarding read. The last passage of his trip to Kenya is easily the best. In the end the book is really what the title is, Obama and his understanding of his father's life and why he took the decisions he did going right into the heart of racial relations in US and Africa.

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Rohit P.

Great insight into Obama's early years.

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Obama gives an insight into his childhood and early years. Very well expressed into great detail his early experiences in Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya and USA.

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GEORGINA R.

Should be mandatory reading

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Barack Obama is a superb writer. You might expect that from such a persuasive orator, but remember he wrote this book long before he reached the heady-heights of running for US President. And he writes with such literary skill. You can almost see, feel, touch and smell the faraway lands of which he writes... Hawaii, Indonesia, Kenya and then of course the grittiness of NYC, Chicago. More than this though, which is beautiful and worthy in its own right, this book offers insight. Insight into what it means to be mixed race in a developed nation such as America, a minority, and the constant drive to find meaning and your place of comfort in the world.

Personally I think we should all read this book. Firstly, because for those of us who are non-black we will learn an awful lot that we didn't know about how it feels to be black in America. And secondly, because the majority of us are part of a minority group in some aspect of our lives. This book teaches us what being a minority can do to you, how difficult it can be, including how hard it is to come together as minorities and organise ourselves to bring about change. This book also teaches us that determination and small wins matter. That they can help make a difference. And that bringing about change is important at grassroots level and at leadership levels. It has also helped me to learn about 'organisation', which in itself is also fascinating.

Superb book. Someone should make this guy President.... ;-)

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and it’s pretty easy to see how his early life is still ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 22 November 2015

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You might have heard of Mr. Obama before – you know, he’s the president of that country that everyone keeps banging on about. This is his first book, written and released before he even got in to politics, and created at the behest of a publishing company after he became the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.

In many ways, that seems to make the book somehow pure, as though it’s a preserved distilling of the president’s personality when he was a younger man, and it’s pretty easy to see how his early life is still shaping him, even today. In fact, after reading this, I’ve found that it feels as though I know him, as though I could predict how he’ll react in different situations.

But really, that’s not what this book is about – he may be the president now, but that wasn’t always the case, and his book looks back at his early life and examines his feelings towards the father that was never there, his African roots and what being a black American actually means. It’s a fascinating study of race relations in America in the 1970s and 1980s, and what’s more poignant is the fact that while Obama does indeed look at the differences between black people and white people, he eventually concludes that the colour of our skin doesn’t define us.

That’s not to say that he doesn’t face struggles along the way, though – Obama also examines his own biases, and the unintentional way in which we come to judgements all of the time. He himself is guilty of stereotyping, but he tries to correct himself and that in itself is honourable.

Of course, it’s also fascinating to read about his exploits as a kid, and his trips to Kenya and Indonesia, or his work in Chicago trying to make the city a better place before he eventually applied for and was accepted in to Harvard. Turns out that Barack is a pretty good writer, and it shows – it was of a professional quality, with no typos or unnatural sounding sentences. Even the dialogue that he recreates sounds natural and fits perfectly with the character, who are of course real people.

Overall, I’d say that this is well worth a read whether you’re an American or not, and whether or not Obama is still president by the time that you read this. The identity of the author doesn’t really matter – the book speaks for itself, and it has a lot of stuff to say to you, too.

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E Griffith

Quite interesting.....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 February 2021

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I don’t know why but I expected more from this book. Perhaps some insight into what motivated and caused this man to become the most powerful world leader for eight years. But that’s not what it’s about. The clue is in the subtitle. It’s all about race. Understandable, being the son of a white woman and a black man....and he describes racism in Hawaii, New York, Chicago and other places very well. In fact he is an excellent writer. It occasionally goes on a bit too long.....some editing wouldn’t have gone amiss. The problems of racism though, is brought home by the last part of the Brooke, when Obama returns to his “roots” in Kenya. The difference in culture is enormous. The fact that it was deemed acceptable for his father to roam around the world producing children from an assortment of women with a total lack of responsibility seems alien to the “Western” white view. Such large extended families rarely exist elsewhere. This brought home how difficult it’s going to be in the future bringing such diverse cultures together. Obama did very well in doing so.....but it will take a lot mor like him to succeed.

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Anon

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 10 March 2017

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Beautifully written. As an African myself I was taken back in time to my own experiences good and bad. Obama conveys his journey with emotion and frankness. I struggled on many occasions to put this book down. It is captivating. Highly recommended...and hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I am proud of this book from my African brother from another mother.

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Jorge Zuazola

A very honest book which was written in 1994

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 24 January 2017

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A very honest book which was written in 1994. Sarah Alexander a British expert author of the book on Spiritual Intelligence Leadership: From Manager to Leader of Your Own Life (clearly the best one on the matter, because as she says it is "not just another leadership book") dedicates a chapter to the the Power of Intuited Wisdom. Sarah does say that with acceptance, I believe we can accept a new paradigm, what we accept, creates freedom. When we are in a place of full acceptance of who we are, what emotions or physical symptoms we are experiencing, without fighting it mentally, intuition can guide us gracefully forward. If you totally accept what is happening without any negativity and reactivity, you can then turn and face any issue fully, and see exactly how best to address it. If you accept what is happening, you then have the sense that life is working for you, rather than against you, and as a leader you are able to deal with issues and challenges from a Higher and inspired place. The ability to do this is an essential tool in your problem solving kit and brings you to a place of True personal Effectiveness
One leader of our time, who I sense demonstrates this practice very well is Barack Obama. What you think of his politics is not relevant here, because I sense he is able to do consistently, when an issue comes up, is turn and face it head on with full acceptance of what it is. From that place, inevitably, he is able to think clearly, sensing what is the next step to take or how to best handle or manoeuvre the current issue. He appears to me to demonstrate the ability to bring real present moment awareness and thought to issues, without having his mind go into all sort of stories, dramas and emotional upsets about them. This ability naturally gives him access to Higher Consciousness, which he can then choose to follow. This does not mean that he does not seek advice from his many astute advisors, but having sought that advice, I sense that he could allow a Higher Consciousness, to give him the clarity of thought that guides the issues to resolution.

In other words in 2016 I read a British expert praising Obama in the world's best leadership concept ever: Spiritual Intelligence Leadership. This book was written in 1994, 14 years before winning the election and yet the totalitarians populists keep on talking about a birth certificate of the son of an international student in Hawai whose mother was in Hawai. The book is clear. Harry Truman said Leaders are readers but not all readers are leaders. Obama is a leader. Others cannot say the same

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