Books : Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance

by: Barack Obama  Average Rating:

Rating: - A Great Book
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Extremely well written, plenty of visual descriptions and phenomenal metaphors. While a biography, the parts I found most meaningful to me were his visions of what his life in foreign lands meant, how his experiences in New York and Chicago influenced his thinking and how he treats all people with equal reverence. How unusual it is to have a man, who delivered such an inspiring address at the Democratic convention, whose actions mirror his words. I sincerely hope ... Read More

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Rating: - A uniquely American tale
Back when Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, he was offered a book contract to write about racial issues in the US. What he wrote was this memoir, which resurfaced after his speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention. Obama, a Senator from Illinois, writes about his growing up years in Hawaii, his distant relationship with his father, his search for a cause after moving to Chicago, and finally, his embracing of his father's African roots.
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Rating: - An Unfinished Story
As an author ("Suomalaiset: People of the Marsh" ISBN 0972005064) and lifelong participant in and follower of liberal politics, I found Senator Obama's story a facinating critique of race in America. Well written, terse, with the feel and breadth of a novel, the book is compelling and essential to anyone trying to comprehend what it means to be a minority in this great nation of ours. I can find nothing to criticize in the telling of this engaging tale except the publisher's insistence of including the text ... Read More