Dreams From My Father A Story of Race and Inheritance
- 1 Dec 2016
- 9781782119258
- £10.99
- 464 pp
- 129×198mm
- 5 Oct 2021
- 9781838857417
- £30
- 14 hrs 4 min
- 27 Aug 2009
- 9781847678348
- £25
- 7 hrs 8 min
- 20 Nov 2008
- 9781847673527
- £8.79
- 464 pp
In a few words
This #1 New York Times bestselling memoir former president Barack Obama is a frank and personal account of his search for identity that has sold over a million copies in the UK alone
In a few words
This international bestseller from former president Barack Obama is a frank and personal story of his search for identity, now in a new unabridged audio edition, read by the author.
In a few words
Obama reads his own story, in this abridged edition of his number one bestseller.
In a few words
This #1 New York Times bestselling memoir former president Barack Obama is a frank and personal account of his search for identity that has sold over a million copies in the UK alone
Extraordinary . . . It's unique. It's his. There are no other ones like that
Toni Morrison
An American classic, written with grace and precision
An American classic, written with grace and precision
Extraordinary . . . It's unique. It's his. There are no other ones like that
Toni Morrison
An American classic, written with grace and precision
Thoughtful, moving and brilliantly written
Extraordinary . . . It's unique. It's his. There are no other ones like that
Toni Morrison
An American classic, written with grace and precision
More about
the book
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, Barack Obama recounts an emotional odyssey, retracing the migration of his mother’s family from Kansas to Hawai’i, 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. Written nearly fifteen years before becoming president, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama’s journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history and what makes us who we are.
More about
the book
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, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, he receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father’s life and reconcile his divided inheritance.
Written at the age of thirty-three, nearly fifteen years before becoming president, Dreams From My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama’s journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history and what makes us who we are. Narrated by Barack Obama, this new edition brings to audiobook listeners the originally published text, as intended by the author.
More about
the book
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, Obama was only two years old when his father walked out on the family. Many years later, he receives a phone call from Nairobi: his father is dead. This sudden news inspires an emotional odyssey for Obama, determined to learn the truth of his father’s life and reconcile his divided inheritance.
Written at the age of thirty-three, nearly fifteen years before becoming president, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama’s journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history and what makes us who we are.
More about
the book
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, Barack Obama recounts an emotional odyssey, retracing the migration of his mother’s family from Kansas to Hawai’i, 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. Written nearly fifteen years before becoming president, Dreams from My Father is an unforgettable read. It illuminates not only Obama’s journey, but also our universal desire to understand our history and what makes us who we are.
Thoughtful, moving and brilliantly written
A man with a phenomenal life story
A bestseller because of its freshness and honesty
Christopher Hitchens
Sunday TimesA well-written account of Obama's struggle to establish his own views on identity and race, and all the more entertaining for its honesty
An affecting personal memoir with grace and style, narrating an enthralling story with honesty, elegance and wit, as well as an instinctive gift for storytelling . . . every bit as remarkable as Obama’s rise to power . . . One of the many distinctive qualities to the book is Obama’s natural and fearless way with dialogue
Obama has written a memoir . . . that evokes the anguish of miscegenation yet culminates in a cry of faith in human community . . . Obama is a born narrator, with a mastery of colour, scene and personality, deftly stirring them into the melting pot of a shared American identity. Rarely has that identity found so vivid a portraitist
Thoughtful, moving and brilliantly written
A man with a phenomenal life story
A man with a phenomenal life story
Extraordinary . . . It's unique. It's his. There are no other ones like that
Toni Morrison
A bestseller because of its freshness and honesty
Christopher Hitchens
Sunday TimesA well-written account of Obama's struggle to establish his own views on identity and race, and all the more entertaining for its honesty
Thoughtful, moving and brilliantly written
A man with a phenomenal life story
A bestseller because of its freshness and honesty
Christopher Hitchens
Sunday TimesA well-written account of Obama's struggle to establish his own views on identity and race, and all the more entertaining for its honesty
Barack Obama
View profileBarack 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 Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America, following which he published the bestselling Change We Can Believe In. He was re-elected in 2012 and served a second term which concluded in 2016. His next book, A Promised Land, is released in November 2020. He is married to Michelle, with whom he has two daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Barack Obama
View profileBarack 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 Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America, following which he published the bestselling Change We Can Believe In. He was re-elected in 2012 and served a second term which concluded in 2016. His latest book, A Promised Land, was released in November 2020. He is married to Michelle, with whom he has two daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Barack Obama
View profileBarack 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
Barack Obama
View profileBarack 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 Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States of America, following which he published the bestselling Change We Can Believe In. He was re-elected in 2012 and served a second term which concluded in 2016. His next book, A Promised Land, is released in November 2020. He is married to Michelle, with whom he has two daughters, Sasha and Malia.
