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Book

Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance

Call Number

  • 921 O112.4 TEEN (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Delacorte Press, [2021]

Physical Description

xi, 302 pages, 8 unnumberd pages of plates : illustrations (some color), genealogical table ; 22 cm

Summary

Now adapted for young adults, the #1 New York times best-selling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's early days, tracing the future 44th president's odyssey through family, race, and identity.

The son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. Obama retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance. -- adapted from jacket

Notes

"Adapted for young adults"--Cover

Young adult adaptation of: Dreams from my father : a story of race and inheritance / by Barack Obama. Originally published: New York : Times Books, ©1995.

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