Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance - Hardcover

by Barack Obama (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF ESSENCE’S 50 MOST IMPACTFUL BLACK BOOKS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS In this iconic memoir of his early days, Barack Obama “guides us straight to the intersection of the most serious questions of identity, class, and race” (The Washington Post Book World). "Provocative . . . Persuasively describes the phenomenon of belonging to two different worlds, and thus belonging to neither."- The New York Times Book Review "Beautifully crafted . . . moving and candid . . . This book belongs on the shelf beside works like James McBride's "The Color of Water" and Gregory Howard Williams's "Life on the Color Line" as a tale of living astride America's racial categories."- Scott Turow "Dreams from My Father is an exquisite, sensitive study of this wonderful young author's journey into adulthood, his search for community and his place in it, his quest for an understanding of his roots, and his discovery of the poetry of human life. Perc